Sentences with phrase «of uranium»

Instead, the team relied on a dating technique based on the radioactive decay of uranium in minerals within the bone.

At the heart of the discussion is the battle over the true impact of uranium mining on the national park.

It is caused by the decay of uranium in our soil, rock or water.

Depending on shifting cave conditions and varying amounts of uranium drainage from mineral deposits, this method can over - or underestimate when rock art was created, the scientists argued.

The tiny organisms in the soil convert a mobile form of uranium, which moves easily through the soil, into a less mobile form.

They space themselves within the layers and alter the structure by causing the layers of uranium atoms above and below to draw closer to the oxygen.

It improves the efficiency of use of uranium from our current use of one percent to achieving around 99 %.

They will further explore the potential of uranium from seawater to keep the world's lights on.

One attractive feature of fast reactors is that they can produce more fuel than they consume, avoiding the issue of the limited supplies of the uranium used in conventional nuclear reactors.

His group compared the ratio of uranium to lead in the crystals to estimate their age.

The average concentration of uranium in coal is 1 or 2 parts per million.

This opened the door for the sale of uranium and nuclear energy technology and services between the two countries, but trade outcomes have been limited.

American power plants are using over 40 million pounds of uranium fuel each year.

It is released into the air as a result of the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water.

The research reactor consumes 2.5 kilograms of this uranium per year.

A story of two families thirty years after the closing of the uranium mill near which they once made their homes.

In the richness of these deposits and the effects of uranium poisoning?

The data they provide can be used in other studies examining the oxidation state of uranium and other metal compounds.

They focused on the satellite structures and showed that the energy separation between the satellite and primary peaks was diagnostic of uranium oxidation states over a broad range of compounds with very different compositions.

This approach results in only about 1 percent of the energy content of the uranium being converted to electricity.

When he examined these in detail he found that they had very thick layers and high concentrates of uranium, which made them perfect for analysis.

Except that he hadn't actually done so — his «new elements» were actually familiar elements produced by the splitting of the uranium nucleus.

Q: What makes the discovery of uranium so significant, in a nutshell?

But like thousands of uranium workers who worked after 1971, she was not eligible for compensation because new safety regulations were put in place that year.

It was to be a built - in part of the uranium trade contract.

While the team was not the first to use uranium satellite structures in this way, they showed that the method is broadly applicable to a wide range of uranium - bearing materials.

Prior research has suggested that prolonged drinking of uranium - contaminated water may lead, or make people more susceptible, to kidney damage and elevated blood pressure.

No compensation is allocated for the many family members and residents of uranium communities who may have been exposed to uranium without ever entering a mill or a mine.

The movement of the uranium is a concern because of its potential to flow from former nuclear sites into nearby lakes and waterways.

The improvement of uranium mining occurred through the development of a well - regulated nuclear electricity sector, and has gotten better and better every decade.

Less than half an oil barrel full of uranium can provide the average amount of energy used by an American over his or her entire life.

These organic substances appear to store large amounts of uranium, restricting its mobility and releasing it very slowly into the surrounding water over many years.

What's next: The team's work provides a baseline study of how stable some forms of uranium can be in groundwater.

Floor price: A price specified in a market - price contract as the lowest purchase price of the uranium, even if the market price falls below the specified price.

Some may also depend on other limited resources, as do gas and nuclear energy, which requires the use of uranium.

It comes from the natural decay of uranium that is found in nearly all soils.

Since then, large supplies of uranium have been found and the price has fallen.

By September, Bohr and Wheeler had produced a thorough theoretical analysis, explaining the physics underlying the fission process and identifying which isotope of uranium fissioned most readily.

The Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC (MCS) joint venture will operate the DUF6 conversion facilities for the purpose of processing DOE's inventory of stored DUF6, a coproduct of the uranium enrichment process.

For every metric ton of uranium ore pulled from McArthur River, roughly one metric ton of waste rock, often radioactive and rich in toxic heavy metals, is produced — and other mines produce even more waste rock per ton of ore.