Tailings — A panorama of Broken Hill, New South Wales, backed by the man made mullock (waste tailings) heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the hills that stretch across this image). Tailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach… … 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 — (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 in the environment — Uranium in the environment, this page is about the science of uranium in the environment and in animals (including humans). The legal and social issues associated with uranium are discussed elsewhere. This page is a subpage of actinides in the… … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Utah — Uranium mining in Utah, a state of the United States, has a history going back more than 100 years. Uranium started as a byproduct of vanadium mining about 1900, became a byproduct of radium mining about 1910, then back to a byproduct of vanadium … Wikipedia
Uranium mining — The Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia … 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 hexafluoride — Chembox new Name = Uranium hexafluoride ImageFile = Uranium hexafluoride 2D.png ImageSize = 125px IUPACName = Uranium hexafluoride Uranium(VI) fluoride Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 7783 81 5 Density = 5.09 g/cm3, solid Solubility =… … Wikipedia
Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park — Kakadu National Park, located in the Northern Territory of Australia, possesses within its boundaries a number of large uranium deposits. The uranium is legally owned by the Australian Government, and is sold internationally. This mining, and the … Wikipedia
Uranium-236 — Infobox isotope background = #fc6 text color = isotope name = Uranium 236 isotope filename = alternate names = mass number =236 symbol =U num neutrons =144 num protons =92 abundance =< 10^ 10 halflife = 2.348 x10^7 years error halflife = decay… … Wikipedia
