Uranium

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner is fighting to keep the $150 million the Obama administration earmarked for a uranium plant in Ohio. Boehner and President Obama are locked in a public battle over the fate of the American Centrifuge Plant.

Groundwater cleanup at the company's mill site could take up to thirty years.

New generation nuclear power stations close the fuel cycle by reusing fission products and eliminating issues with nuclear waste and uranium mining. Yet the question still remains as to whether the benefits of developing nuclear power outweighs the risks.

Compared to other resources exploration companies, uranium companies seem to be more fortunate in terms of attracting investment capital, as they are regarded as alternative energy, and there are only a handful of countries capable in producing uranium.

The disaster in Japan's nuclear power plant influenced the Northern Arizona city of Sedona to vote in support of banning new uranium mining claims at the Grand Canyon, an international tourist destination known as one of the world's Seven Wonders.

Excerpt from Werther Underground.

Uranium enrichment is done for the production of atomic power through the process of nuclear fission. Few countries are already on way of trying to explore Uranium for civilian needs on their own.

For nuclear weapons an ability to sustain a chain reaction of nuclear fission is crucial. Less than 1% of uranium and 70% of plutonium have this ability. Why is there such a big difference between two chemical elements?

It took a total of 220 days for an expert team of twenty five people to complete the decontamination of the area of 22 thousand square yards.

Following the 1986 Chernobyl crisis the nuclear trade was at the ropes. Discredited, grimy, dear and with out a technique to its growing stockpiles of top degree radioactive waste, the trade shared the credibility cellar with the tobacco lobby.

300 DU penetrators were fired by NATO airplanes during two attacks on Cape Arza in Montenegro. About 85% of DU penetrators were found and removed from the battlefield. What happened to the rest of DU penetrators?

A look at the proposal to regulate uranium mining in Michigan that will appear on the general ballot in the November 2010 elections.

The next terrorist attacks on America will come in response to US actions abroad. They will come in different forms; radiological, biological, and chemical. Some will be successful, while others will not.

It takes less than five seconds for a depleted uranium penetrator to set a tank in fire. Then it takes another twenty five years for the penetrator to corrode completely. All this time it is slowly releasing chemically toxic uranium oxide.

Review of the hour long documentary Somba Ke: The Money Place, about the hazards of uranium and radium mining on Indian land. Dry and dull to an extent, but more intelligently and respectfully argued than the vast majority of documentaries.

According to the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, the USA and Russia will dispose 34 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium each(combined it equals to 17,000 nuclear warheads), but in order to achieve that, new facilities must be built.

Today the USA continues to be a major player in reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation around the world by disposing of weapon-grade uranium from American and Russian arsenals.

More than 15,000 Russian nuclear warheads have been eliminated as weapons and converted to low-enriched uranium to create fuel for American nuclear power plants as part of of Megatons to Megawatts Program.

A centered interest involving uranium and the release of radon gas is explored. Where could things lead to if uranium ends up in the wrong hands? Are you aware? Read further.

Possibly the greatest power is the energy locked within the atom. In August of 1945, that power was unleashed on Hiroshima, Japan -- but this was not the first time its awesome force was used.

Find out what Vaseline glass truly is, why it got its name, and the unique quality it has that no other glass does.

A focus on the fight over Uranium Mining in Halifax, VA.

Rising global demand for electronics and other high-tech devices is putting a strain on supplies of several key metals, including platinum, copper, indium and uranium.

The historical use of depleted uranium seemed to be a good fix to some military concerns but eventually grew into a global controversy.

For anyone who has or has had family or friends in the War, this will be of some interest to you. Hopefully this will help get more awareness out there on this issue. Our troops that are coming into contact with stuff can suffer severely.

Check this one out for the comments along. Since it is (for now) allowed on Amazon, I assume it somehow passed as being within safe standards and for testing geiger counters, etc. What's your take?

The Council on Foreign Relations has published a new backgrounder analyzing supply and demand of uranium.

Global Warming & Non-renewable/Renewable Energy Sources are reviewed.

This essay will probe the causes and effects of global warming, the predictions for our future, solutions to reduce the amount of toxic gasses being emitted into the air and alternate forms of energy.

Countries that rely only on oil as a source for their energy, will be in big trouble in few years time. The sooner these countries realise this and take action the better it is.

More information on specific issues in the evolving confrontation between the UN and Iran.

A report from the National Academy of Sciences notes that major hurdles exist for the state of Virginia if it chooses to lift a moratorium on uranium mining for nuclear energy production.