Uranium
noun
A heavy metal that is radioactive and used for producing nuclear power and weapons.
Uranium is used as a fuel in many nuclear power plants.
Often appears as...
- uranium mining
- uranium enrichment
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Technical
noun
A heavy metal that is radioactive and used for producing nuclear power and weapons.
Uranium is used as a fuel in many nuclear power plants.
Often appears as...
- uranium mining
- uranium enrichment
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Use
Uranium is often discussed in scientific, environmental, and political contexts due to its uses.
The conference focused on uranium's role in sustainable energy.
Pro Tip 2/3Radioactivity Caution
Mentioning uranium may evoke concerns about radioactivity, safety, and health risks.
The uranium disposal site was heavily guarded.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary Metal
Unlike common metals like iron or copper, uranium is not found in everyday objects due to its radioactivity.
Uranium isn't used in household items.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Use
Uranium is often discussed in scientific, environmental, and political contexts due to its uses.
The conference focused on uranium's role in sustainable energy.
Pro Tip 2/3Radioactivity Caution
Mentioning uranium may evoke concerns about radioactivity, safety, and health risks.
The uranium disposal site was heavily guarded.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary Metal
Unlike common metals like iron or copper, uranium is not found in everyday objects due to its radioactivity.
Uranium isn't used in household items.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Use
Uranium is often discussed in scientific, environmental, and political contexts due to its uses.
The conference focused on uranium's role in sustainable energy.
Pro Tip 2/3Radioactivity Caution
Mentioning uranium may evoke concerns about radioactivity, safety, and health risks.
The uranium disposal site was heavily guarded.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ordinary Metal
Unlike common metals like iron or copper, uranium is not found in everyday objects due to its radioactivity.
Uranium isn't used in household items.
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The genius of Marie...
and helped to disprove the long-standing model of atoms as indivisible objects. Next, by focusing on a super radioactive ore called pitchblende, the Curies realized that uranium alone couldn't be creating all the radiation. So, were there other radioactive elements that might be responsible?
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This deep-sea mystery is...
They all look the same under a microscope, I mean, to a first approximation. You can take the most fascinating organisms in the world, like a microbe that literally breathes uranium, and another one that makes rocket fuel, mix them up with some ocean mud, put them underneath a microscope,
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How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
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Taylor Wilson: My...
You can run these off -- they're really hungry, they really like down-blended weapons pits, so that's highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium that's been down-blended. It's made into a grade where it's not usable for a nuclear weapon, but they love this stuff.
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
so it's called depleted uranium. That would power the US for hundreds of years. And simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process, you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet. So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
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Surviving a nuclear...
pounds of highly enriched uranium this is not a product placement it's just fact if I was going to call I'd be pretty distressed about this but but but basically this is it this is what you would need to steal or buy out of that
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Yuval Noah Harari...
truth in that sense but on the other hand in order to build an atom bomb a good understanding of physics is not enough you also need people to cooperate to mine uranium and build reactors and
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Helium 101 PIPE National...
However it's relatively rare on earth. On our planet, helium forms as a gaseous byproduct of ancient uranium that's decayed over billions of years and is trapped beneath the earth's surface.
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An eco-modernist...
uranium the size of my fist could provide all the power I'd need for the rest of my life it may be an uncomfortable truth but nuclear holds enormous potential for both the
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Surrounded by Life PIPE...
one before in the world in collections and museums yes that uranium ore it's certainly the biggest moth I've seen flying the biggest cicadas in flying and
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The genius of Marie...
and helped to disprove the long-standing model of atoms as indivisible objects. Next, by focusing on a super radioactive ore called pitchblende, the Curies realized that uranium alone couldn't be creating all the radiation. So, were there other radioactive elements that might be responsible?
Video examples
This deep-sea mystery is...
They all look the same under a microscope, I mean, to a first approximation. You can take the most fascinating organisms in the world, like a microbe that literally breathes uranium, and another one that makes rocket fuel, mix them up with some ocean mud, put them underneath a microscope,
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
Video examples
Taylor Wilson: My...
You can run these off -- they're really hungry, they really like down-blended weapons pits, so that's highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium that's been down-blended. It's made into a grade where it's not usable for a nuclear weapon, but they love this stuff.
Video examples
Innovating to zero! PIPE...
so it's called depleted uranium. That would power the US for hundreds of years. And simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process, you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet. So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
pounds of highly enriched uranium this is not a product placement it's just fact if I was going to call I'd be pretty distressed about this but but but basically this is it this is what you would need to steal or buy out of that
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
truth in that sense but on the other hand in order to build an atom bomb a good understanding of physics is not enough you also need people to cooperate to mine uranium and build reactors and
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Helium 101 PIPE National...
However it's relatively rare on earth. On our planet, helium forms as a gaseous byproduct of ancient uranium that's decayed over billions of years and is trapped beneath the earth's surface.
Video examples
An eco-modernist...
uranium the size of my fist could provide all the power I'd need for the rest of my life it may be an uncomfortable truth but nuclear holds enormous potential for both the
Video examples
Surrounded by Life PIPE...
one before in the world in collections and museums yes that uranium ore it's certainly the biggest moth I've seen flying the biggest cicadas in flying and
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
I would say that I was absolutely convinced of the possibility of our making an uranium engine, but I never thought that we would make a bomb; and at the bottom of my heart, I was really glad that it was to be an engine and not a bomb.
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Marie Curie
Polish Scientist
My experiments proved that the radiation of uranium compounds can be measured with precision under determined conditions and that this radiation is an atomic property of the element of uranium.
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.
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Naftali Bennett
Israeli Politician
Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad.
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Barack Obama
American President
As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.
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Lee Zeldin
American Politician
I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.
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Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
We have large resources of uranium that we are exploring, and we are extremely encouraged.
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Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
I would say that I was absolutely convinced of the possibility of our making an uranium engine, but I never thought that we would make a bomb; and at the bottom of my heart, I was really glad that it was to be an engine and not a bomb.
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Marie Curie
Polish Scientist
My experiments proved that the radiation of uranium compounds can be measured with precision under determined conditions and that this radiation is an atomic property of the element of uranium.
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.
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Naftali Bennett
Israeli Politician
Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
Quote examples
Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad.
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Barack Obama
American President
As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.
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Lee Zeldin
American Politician
I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.
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Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
We have large resources of uranium that we are exploring, and we are extremely encouraged.
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Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry.
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