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Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
natural uranium are uranium-238 (which has 146 neutrons and accounts for over 99% of uranium on Earth) and uranium-235 (which has 143 neutrons). Uranium has
Uranium
Uranium processed to increase the percentage of uranium-235
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope
Enriched_uranium
Uranium with lower content of 235U
natural uranium. The less radioactive and non-fissile 238U is the main component of depleted uranium. It is antonymous to "enriched uranium". Uranium is notable
Depleted_uranium
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-235 (235 U or U-235) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile
Uranium-235
Uranium (92U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element (radioelement) with no stable isotopes. It has two primordial isotopes, uranium-238 and uranium-235
Isotopes_of_uranium
Glass colored with uranium oxide
Uranium glass or vaseline glass or canary glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for
Uranium_glass
Process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Almost 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2022. Kazakhstan, Canada, and
Uranium_mining
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Uranium hydride may refer to the following chemical compounds: Uranium(III) hydride Uranium(IV) hydride Uranium hydride bomb This set index article lists
Uranium_hydride
consists of an extensive infrastructure of research sites, uranium mines, research reactors, uranium processing facilities, enrichment sites, the Bushehr Nuclear
Nuclear_program_of_Iran
Mining waste byproduct
Uranium tailings or uranium tails are a radioactive waste byproduct (tailings) of conventional uranium mining and uranium enrichment. They contain the
Uranium_tailings
Chemical compound
Uranium hexafluoride, sometimes called hex, is an inorganic compound with the formula UF6. Uranium hexafluoride is a volatile, white solid that is used
Uranium_hexafluoride
Economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth's crust
Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within Earth's crust. Uranium is a fairly common element in the Earth's crust
Uranium_ore
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-238 (238 U or U-238) is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature, with a relative abundance above 99%. Unlike uranium-235, it is non-fissile
Uranium-238
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
The project proposed both highly enriched uranium and plutonium as fuel for nuclear weapons. Enriched uranium was produced at the Clinton Engineer Works
Manhattan_Project
Radiometric dating method
Uranium–thorium dating, also called thorium-230 dating, uranium-series disequilibrium dating or uranium-series dating, is a radiometric dating technique
Uranium–thorium_dating
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
Uranium City is a northern settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is at the mouth of Fredette River on Martin Lake. It is north of Lake Athabasca
Uranium_City
either nuclear reactors and reprocessing plants producing plutonium, or uranium enrichment facilities. Nuclear weapons have been used twice in war, in
Nuclear_weapon
Alleged US political scandal
The Uranium One controversy involves various conspiracy theories promoted by conservative media, politicians, and commentators that characterized the
Uranium_One_controversy
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Isotopes of uranium Uranium-232 Uranium-233 Uranium-234 Uranium-235 Uranium-236 Uranium-238 Uranium-239 Uranium-240 Uranium (Caria), a town of
Uranium_(disambiguation)
2016 video game
Pokémon Uranium is a fan-made video game based on the Pokémon video game series. The game features gameplay similar to the main series games, though incorporates
Pokémon_Uranium
Russian group of companies
Uranium One is an international group of companies, part of the management circuit of the TENEX Group of Rosatom State Corporation. Since 2013, it is
Uranium_One
Uranium concentrate powder
type of powdered uranium concentrate obtained from leach solutions, representing an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores. This material
Yellowcake
Canadian heavy water nuclear reactor design
The CANDU (Canada deuterium uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium
CANDU_reactor
List of countries by uranium reserves Uranium mining by country Uranium mining in France List of uranium projects "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear
List of countries by uranium production
List_of_countries_by_uranium_production
Radioactive spill in New Mexico, United States
uranium mill spill occurred in the U.S. state of New Mexico on July 16, 1979, when United Nuclear Corporation's tailings disposal pond at its uranium
Church Rock uranium mill spill
Church_Rock_uranium_mill_spill
Power generated from nuclear reactions
majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants. Nuclear decay processes are used
Nuclear_power
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
production of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. The JCPOA restricted the number and type of centrifuges in operation, the level of uranium enrichment, and the
Iran_nuclear_deal
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-234 (234 U or U-234) is an isotope of uranium. In natural uranium and in uranium ore, 234U occurs as an indirect decay product of uranium-238
Uranium-234
Research project in Nazi Germany
World War II. These were variously called Uranverein (Uranium Society) or Uranprojekt (Uranium Project). The first effort started in April 1939, just
German nuclear program during World War II
German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II
92-proton element with the same mix of isotopes as found in nature, i.e. unenriched
Natural uranium (NU or Unat) is uranium with the same isotopic ratio as found in nature. It contains 0.711% uranium-235, 99.284% uranium-238, and a trace
Natural_uranium
Type of radiometric dating
Uranium–lead dating, abbreviated U–Pb dating, is one of the oldest and most refined of the radiometric dating schemes. It can be used to date rocks that
Uranium–lead_dating
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Uranium fluoride can refer to: Uranium trifluoride, UF3 Uranium tetrafluoride, UF4 Uranium pentafluoride, UF5 Uranium hexafluoride, UF6 Tetrauranium heptadecafluoride
Uranium_fluoride
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-236 (236U or U-236) is an isotope of uranium that is neither fissile with thermal neutrons, nor very good fertile material, but is generally considered
Uranium-236
Commodity market
The uranium market, like all commodity markets, has a history of volatility, moving with the standard forces of supply and demand as well as geopolitical
Uranium_market
Reaction that splits an atomic nucleus
aims to recover usable material from spent nuclear fuel to both enable uranium (and thorium) supplies to last longer and to reduce the amount of "waste"
Nuclear_fission
Chemical compound
Triuranium octoxide (U3O8) is a compound of uranium. It is present as an olive green solid, and is one of the forms of yellowcake. U3O8 has potential
Triuranium_octoxide
Chemical compound
Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO2), also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder
Uranium_dioxide
Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium, regardless of isotope, based on a set market price. The list given here is based on Uranium 2020:
List of countries by uranium reserves
List_of_countries_by_uranium_reserves
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-233 (233 U or U-233) is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated
Uranium-233
Forged documents in the Iraq disarmament crisis
The Niger uranium forgeries were forged documents initially released in 2001 by SISMI (the former military intelligence agency of Italy), which seem to
Niger_uranium_forgeries
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-232 (232 U) is an isotope of uranium. It has a half-life of 68.9 years and is a side product in the thorium cycle. It has been cited[by whom?]
Uranium-232
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
more-commonly available isotopes of uranium and thorium, such as uranium-238 and thorium-232, as opposed to the rare uranium-235 which is used in conventional
Breeder_reactor
reported that Iran had amassed a record amount of military-grade enriched uranium. On June 11, US embassies in Iraq and other Arab states began to evacuate
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
2025–2026_Iran–United_States_negotiations
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Uranium bromide may refer to: Uranium tetrabromide, UBr4 Uranium pentabromide, UBr5 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated
Uranium_bromide
American alternative rock band
Uranium Club (also known as The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band) is an American punk rock band based in Minneapolis. The band consists of members Brendan
Uranium_Club
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
propulsion, weapons production and research. Fissile nuclei (primarily uranium-235 or plutonium-239) absorb single neutrons and split, releasing energy
Nuclear_reactor
Chemical element with atomic number 91 (Pa)
not also monoisotopic, occurring almost exclusively through the decay of Uranium-235. The element was first identified in 1913 by Kazimierz Fajans and Oswald
Protactinium
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
It was a gun-type fission weapon which used uranium that had been enriched in the fissile isotope uranium-235 to power its explosive reaction. Little
Little_Boy
Uranium in the environment is a global health concern, and comes from both natural and man-made sources. Beyond naturally occurring uranium, mining, phosphates
Uranium_in_the_environment
Byproduct of uranium enrichment
Depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUHF; also referred to as depleted uranium tails, depleted uranium tailings or DUF6) is a byproduct of the processing of
Depleted_uranium_hexafluoride
Open-pit uranium mine in Namibia
The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world. It is located in the Namib Desert
Rössing_uranium_mine
Oxide of the element uranium
Uranium oxide is an oxide of the element uranium. The metal uranium forms half a dozen known oxides: Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO2, the mineral
Uranium_oxide
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle—including
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
driven by neutrons. Uranium-235 is the only naturally-occurring fissile isotope, found mixed with uranium-238 in natural uranium. The only other two fissile
Nuclear_fuel
Ceramics containing uranium oxide
Uranium tiles have been used in the ceramics industry for many centuries, as uranium oxide makes an excellent ceramic glaze, and is reasonably abundant
Uranium_tile
Process of manufacturing and using nuclear fuel
sustain a chain reaction with neutrons. Examples of such materials include uranium and plutonium. Most nuclear reactors use a moderator to lower the kinetic
Nuclear_fuel_cycle
Uranium production is carried out in about 13 countries around the world, in 2017 producing a cumulative total of 59,462 tonnes of uranium (tU). The international
List_of_uranium_projects
kilograms of uranium were also produced for use in ceramic glazes. In 2019 Australia exported 6,613 tonnes (15 million pounds) of uranium, 12% of world
Uranium_mining_in_Australia
Overview of the ore deposits and extraction
Uranium production is an important part of the African economy, with Niger, Namibia and South Africa creating up to 18% of the world's annual production
Uranium_in_Africa
International non-profit organization
from all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, uranium conversion, uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, plant manufacture
World_Nuclear_Association
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Uranium chloride may refer to: Uranium trichloride (uranium(III) chloride), UCl3 Uranium tetrachloride (uranium(IV) chloride), UCl4 Uranium pentachloride
Uranium_chloride
Uranium-Oxygen compound
Uranium trioxide (UO3), also called uranyl oxide, uranium(VI) oxide, and uranic oxide, is the hexavalent oxide of uranium. The solid may be obtained by
Uranium_trioxide
Thermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactor
construction. Most nuclear power plants use thermal reactors with enriched uranium in a once-through fuel cycle. Fuel is removed when the percentage of neutron
Nuclear_power_plant
Ore body in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
The Coles Hill uranium deposit is located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the Smith River allochthon of southern Virginia. The deposit is located
Coles_Hill_uranium_deposit
1965 investigation into loss of nuclear materials
investigated for losing 200–600 pounds (91–272 kg) of highly enriched uranium, with suspicions that it had gone to Israel's nuclear weapons program.
Apollo_affair
Fission Uranium Corp. is a mineral exploration company engaged in the exploration and development of uranium assets. Its sole project is the Patterson
Fission_Uranium_Corp.
in 2006 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanded Iran cease uranium enrichment and imposed sanctions. Throughout the early 2010s, US, EU, and
Iran and weapons of mass destruction
Iran_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Uranium mining in Utah, a state of the United States, has a history going back more than 100 years. Uranium mining started as a byproduct of vanadium
Uranium_mining_in_Utah
Chemical compound
Uranium carbide, a carbide of uranium, is a hard refractory ceramic material. It comes in several stoichiometries (x differs in UCx), such as uranium
Uranium_carbide
Uranium producer
of natural uranium, providing over 40% of global primary uranium supply in 2019 from its operations in Kazakhstan. Kazatomprom's uranium is used for
Kazatomprom
Uranium mining in the United States produced 224,331 pounds (101.8 tonnes) of U3O8 in 2023, 15% of the 2018 production of 1,447,945 pounds (656.8 tonnes)
Uranium mining in the United States
Uranium_mining_in_the_United_States
Chemical compound
Uranium tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula UF4. It is a green solid with an insignificant vapor pressure and low solubility in water
Uranium_tetrafluoride
American nuclear-fuel company
aims to develop domestic uranium enrichment capabilities for low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The company is focused
General_Matter
Uranium mine in India
The Jaduguda Mine (also spelt as Jadugoda or Jadugora) is a uranium mine in Jaduguda village in the Purbi Singhbhum district of the Indian state of Jharkhand
Jaduguda_uranium_mine
Chemical element with atomic number 94 (Pu)
synthesized and isolated in late 1940 and early 1941, by deuteron bombardment of uranium-238 in the 1.5-metre (60 in) cyclotron at the University of California
Plutonium
Uranium mining in Kazakhstan is of considerable importance to the national economy. By 2011, Kazakhstan was considered to be the world's largest producer
Uranium_mining_in_Kazakhstan
Radiometric dating technique using uranium-234 and uranium-238
Uranium–uranium dating is a radiometric dating technique which compares two isotopes of uranium (U) in a sample: uranium-234 (234U) and uranium-238 (238U)
Uranium–uranium_dating
Isotope of radium
decay chain of uranium-238; as such, it can be found naturally in uranium-containing minerals. 226 Ra occurs in the decay chain of uranium-238 (238 U),
Radium-226
Chemical element with atomic number 90 (Th)
named the thorium series that ends at stable 208Pb. On Earth, thorium and uranium are the only elements with no stable or nearly-stable isotopes that still
Thorium
Chemical compound
Uranium nitrides refers to any of a family of several ceramic materials: uranium mononitride (UN), uranium sesquinitride (U2N3) and uranium dinitride
Uranium_nitrides
Isotope of plutonium
primary fissile isotope used for the production of nuclear weapons, although uranium-235 is also used for that purpose. Plutonium-239 is also one of the three
Plutonium-239
Chemical element with atomic number 86 (Rn)
step in the normal radioactive decay chain of 238U, also known as the uranium series, which slowly decays into a variety of radioactive nuclides and
Radon
Cerium uranium blue is the name given to solid solutions of cerium(IV) oxide, CeO2, and uranium(IV) oxide, UO2, of variable composition from 0 to 100%
Cerium_uranium_blue
Chemical separation of spent nuclear fuel
reprocessed uranium, also known as the spent fuel material, can in principle also be re-used as fuel, but that is only economical when uranium supply is
Nuclear_reprocessing
Chemical compound
Uranium zirconium hydride (UZrH, U-ZrHx), a dispersion of metallic uranium in a δ-ZrH1.6 matrix, is used as the fuel in TRIGA reactors. UZrH fuel is used
Uranium_zirconium_hydride
Chemical element with atomic number 84 (Po)
polonium-210 (with a half-life of 138 days) in uranium ores, as it is the penultimate daughter of natural uranium-238. Though two longer-lived isotopes exist
Polonium
The world's largest producer of uranium is Kazakhstan, which in 2019 produced 43% of the world's mining output. Canada was the next largest producer with
Uranium_mining_by_country
American nuclear fuel supply company
works to develop and deploy centrifuge technology to produce enriched uranium for commercial and government uses, including for national security. In
Centrus_Energy
World's first human-made nuclear reactor
Walter Zinn, Martin D. Whitaker, and George Weil. The reactor used natural uranium. This required a very large amount of material in order to reach criticality
Chicago_Pile-1
2009 disaster in Punjab, India
30°40′N 74°45′E / 30.667°N 74.750°E / 30.667; 74.750 Uranium poisoning in Punjab made news in 2009 when South African metal toxicologist Carin Smit
Uranium_poisoning_in_Punjab
engineering, uranium metallurgy is the study of the physical and chemical behavior of uranium and its alloys. Commercial-grade uranium can be produced
Uranium_metallurgy
Uranium enrichment facility in Iran
The Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, officially the Shahid Ali Mohammadi Nuclear Facility (Persian: تأسیسات هستهای شهید علیمحمدی), is an Iranian underground
Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant
Fordow_Uranium_Enrichment_Plant
Proposed mine in Western Australia
The Wiluna uranium mine is a proposed uranium mine in Western Australia. The mine project, owned by Toro Energy Ltd, is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south
Wiluna_uranium_mine
Series of radioactive decays
that undergoes decay to form a daughter isotope. For example element 92, uranium, has an isotope with 144 neutrons (236U) and it decays into an isotope
Decay_chain
the world's second-largest producer of uranium, behind Kazakhstan. In 2009, 20% of the world's primary uranium production came from mines in Canada. 14
Uranium_mining_in_Canada
Naturally occurring uranium self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions
A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a nuclear reactor existing in
Natural nuclear fission reactor
Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
History of mining in Canadian province
Scotia has been known to hold significant uranium deposits as early as the 1950s, with the largest uranium deposit in the Maritimes located in South Mountain
Uranium_mining_in_Nova_Scotia
Strategic uranium reserves refer to uranium inventories held by the government of a particular country, as well as private industry, for the purpose of
Strategic_uranium_reserves
Type of atomic bomb
The uranium hydride bomb was a variant design of the atomic bomb first suggested by Robert Oppenheimer in 1939 and advocated and tested by Edward Teller
Uranium_hydride_bomb
Severe events involving radioactive materials
reactors, certain naval fuel facilities, uranium enrichment plants, fuel fabrication plants, and potentially even uranium mines are vulnerable to attacks which
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
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An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
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A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
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A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
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Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
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A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
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A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.
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A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
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An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.
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Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
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A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
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Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.
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A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
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A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.
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A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
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The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.
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An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.
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A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.