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The Oak Ridge facility was the location of the big enrichment program put together by the U.S. in World War 2. It is now the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and it is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Need links? You got 'em.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe highest concentrations are mostly in the western states (http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining#United_States). It can also be found in ppm quantities is soil everywhere and it contributes to the background radiation levels. It would be very unusual not to find it and its daughters in the soil right next to your house. Also, uranium exists in 2-3 ppb quantities in seawater. (http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Occurrence) There have been tests to determine the viability of extracting the uranium from the seawater as opposed to mining, but mining, espeically by the in situ method, is always cheaper.
Most of the civilian power for the past 20 years or so in the US has been produced by uranium that has been downblended from former Soviet era warheads. Downblending is the process where high enriched uranium (HEU, >90% U-235) is mixed with depleted uranium (uranium with 0.2-0.3% U-235) to make low enriched uranium (LEU, <20% U-235). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) limits the maximum U-235 in American civil power plants to 4.95% U-235. This program is going to expire soon, around 2012. At that point, uranium mining will start back up and the US will enrich uranium using the centrifuge method at two plants in Ohio and Kentucky.
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∙ 10y agoIn several areas, typically those where vanadium has been mined too. A few states with uranium mines are:
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- texas
- Wyoming
- utah
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∙ 12y agoIn nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons plants, in chemical plants and laboratories.
Applications of uranium:
- nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors
- explosive for nuclear weapons
- material for armors and projectiles
- catalyst
- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green or yellow colors)
- toner in Photography
- mordant for textiles
- additive for the preparation of biological samples for electron microscopy
- shielding material (depleted uranium)
- ballast (counter weights)
- and other minor applications
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Where do you find uranium in your environment?
Uranium exit in the environment, around us, in rocks and soils, in rivers and oceans, in vegetation, in building materials etc. and also in our bodies. Uranium is spread everywhere and is not so a rare element.
How much does uranium cost per gallon?
Uranium is a solid, not a liquid. So it is sold by weight, not by volume. As of 25 July 2011 Uranium costs US $ 51.50per US pound or US $113 per kilogram of natural uranium in the form of the unrefined uranium oxide (U3O8).
What is uranium's impact on Georgia?
I suppose that Geogia (US) has not uranium production facilities.
Can you find uranium in the Philippines?
Very probably uranium exist in Philippines but it is not mined today.
What is the price of 1 gm uranium?
For natural uranium as the oxide U3O8 the price is now approx. 90 US $/kg.For uranium metal, enriched uranium, uranium dioxide nuclear grade etc. prices are significantly higher.
How did the US find out that Saddam Hussein was buying a lot of uranium?
Iraq imported only non important quantities of uranium; also the technology was at the beginning. A specific US fraud.
Where can you find the common name for uranium?
The only name for uranium is uranium.
Where do you find uranium in your environment?
Uranium exit in the environment, around us, in rocks and soils, in rivers and oceans, in vegetation, in building materials etc. and also in our bodies. Uranium is spread everywhere and is not so a rare element.
Did US abundant uranium?
United States has sufficient uranium.
Where does US get uranium?
USA has uranium from national mines or from imports.
How much does uranium cost per gallon?
Uranium is a solid, not a liquid. So it is sold by weight, not by volume. As of 25 July 2011 Uranium costs US $ 51.50per US pound or US $113 per kilogram of natural uranium in the form of the unrefined uranium oxide (U3O8).
Is US has the world largest uranium resources?
The largest reserves of uranium are in Australia.
What is uranium's impact on Georgia?
I suppose that Geogia (US) has not uranium production facilities.
Where does uranium mines exist in the US?
A list of uranium mines in USA is at the link mentioned.
Is uranium mining good for us?
Disadvantages of uranium: 1. Uranium is a possible polluting agent of the natural environment. 2. Uranium is a toxic and radioactive chemical element. 3. Uranium release radium and radon.
What do you find uranium's?
Because uranium is very important for nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
Can you find uranium in the Philippines?
Very probably uranium exist in Philippines but it is not mined today.
