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Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in the United States — declined drastically in the 1980s, but has revived since 2001 due to higher uranium prices. The average spot price of uranium oxide (U3O8) increased from $7.92 per pound in 2001 to $39.48 per pound in 2006. [Department of Energy s [http://www.eia … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Colorado — Uranium mining in Colorado, United States, goes back to 1872, when pitchblende ore was taken from gold mines near Central City, Colorado. The Colorado uranium industry has seen booms and busts, but continues to this day. Not counting byproduct… … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Arizona — has taken place since 1918. Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite.Carrizo MountainsUranium mining started in 1918 in the Carrizo Mountains, as a byproduct of… … Wikipedia
uranium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Uranium (U), although very dense (19.1 grams per cubic centimetre), is a relatively weak, nonrefractory metal. Indeed, the metallic properties of uranium appear to be… … Universalium
uranium — /yoo ray nee euhm/, n. Chem. a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel… … Universalium
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Depleted uranium — The DU penetrator of a 30 mm round[1] Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q metal, depletalloy, or D 38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U 235 than natural uranium (natural uranium is about 99.27% uranium… … Wikipedia
Rössing Uranium Mine — The Rössing Uranium Mine is one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world. It is located in the Namib Desert 65 kilometres from Swakopmund. Discovered in 1928, it started operations in 1976 and in 2005, produced 3,711 tonnes of uranium… … Wikipedia
McArthur River uranium mine — This article is about the uranium mine in Canada. For the lead zinc Mine in Australia, see McArthur River zinc mine. For other uranium mines in the McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory of Australia, see Ranger Uranium Mine. McArthur River… … Wikipedia
