uranium ore

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uranium ore - any ore from which uranium can be extracted

Ac, actinium, atomic number 89 - a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores

atomic number 88, Ra, radium - an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

carnotite - a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium

ore - a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

pitchblende, uraninite - a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore

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AC actinium atomic number 84 atomic number 88 atomic number 89 atomic number 92 atomic number 93 atomic number 94 autunite carnotite neptunium ore pitchblende plutonium plutonium 239 polonium protactinium Pu RA			The current uranium ore shortfall illustrates a fundamental inconsistency between Iran's stated intentions -- a commercially viable, indigenously fueled, civil nuclear power industry and its capabilities," the report said. Iran may be running out of yellowcake: study by AFP / AFP American Edition Leavell, the uranium ore to be enriched at the facility near Eunice, New Mexico facility would be coming from outside the United States. Cameco's Uranium for New Mexico's New Enrichment Facility? by James Finch / Finance and Investment community But he said: "Even if all the issues of operational safety and radioactive waste disposal were solved beyond all reasonable doubt, four significant problems beset the adoption of nuclear as a security of supply comfort blanket: The UK has no viable uranium ore reserves. Why nuclear power is not the answer by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Uralitization Urals Uralsk Uramil uran- Uran-ocher Uran-utan uranalysis Uranate Urania Uranian uranianism uranic uranide Uranin uraninite Uraniscoplasty Uraniscoraphy uranism uranite Uranitic uranium uranium 235 uranium 238 uranium dioxide uranium ore uranium series uranium trioxide urano- Uranographic Uranographist uranography Uranolite uranologist uranology uranometria uranometry uranophobia Uranoplasty Uranoscopidae Uranoscopy Uranoso- uranous Uranus uranyl uranyl group uranyl nitrate uranyl oxalate uranyl radical Urao Urare			Uranium Hautement Enrichi Uranium hexafloride Uranium hexaflouride Uranium hexafluoride Uranium hexafluoride Uranium Hydride Uranium Hydride Uranium Impact Assessment Program Uranium Information Centre Uranium Institute Uranium lead dating Uranium Line for Separation Science of Enriched Scrap Uranium Medical Research Centre Uranium mill tailings Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program Uranium Mines and Mills Division Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review Uranium monocarbide Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz Uranium nitrate Uranium nitrate Uranium Nitrate Hexahydrate Uranium nitride uranium ocher Uranium Off-Gas Filter uranium ore Uranium oxide Uranium Production Reactor uranium reactor Uranium Recovery by Extraction Uranium Recycle Acid Uranium Reduction Company Uranium Registry Uranium Reliable Replacement Warhead Uranium Resources and Enrichment Uranium Series Uranium Series Uranium Series Uranium sulfate Uranium tetrachloride Uranium tetrafluoride Uranium tetrafluoride uranium trioxide uranium trioxide uranium trioxide Uranium Tritide Storage Beds Uranium Ventilation Scrubber Cell uranium yellow Uranium(IV) carbide Uranium(IV) chloride Uranium(IV) oxide Uranium(IV) oxide Uranium(IV) sulfate Uranium(VI) fluoride Uranium(VI) oxide Uranium(VI) oxide

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