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Uranium: It's radioactive and it's everywhere

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist. It is a radioactive element found naturally in the environment in very small amounts — scientists call these trace amounts — in ...
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Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) When most people ...
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Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons

André O. Hudson receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from ...