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Uranium is a metal. In its pure state, it is not vary radioactive, being only an alpha emitter, and an occasional neutron/beta/gamma emitter - and alpha can be stopped with only a piece of paper - while the neutron/beta/gamma production rate is not dangerous. After having been in a reactor, however, it is highly radioactive due to mixed fission byproducts, and you would not want to be close to it - most facilities manipulate spent fuel under 40 feet of water or behind massive shielding.

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