Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weakly radioactive because all isotopes of uranium are unstable; the half-lives of its naturally occurring isotopes range between 159,200 years and 4.5 billion years. The most common isotopes in natural uranium are uranium-238 (which has 146 neutrons and accounts for over 99% of uranium on Earth) and uranium-235 (which has 143 neutrons). Uranium has the highest atomic …

Wikipedia

Publications

HBS: Heinrich Boll Foundation · 13 November 2024 English

Environmen- tal Institute (SAFCEI) in the South African Karoo on the environmental impact of fracking and uranium mining.

pressure when radiation from elements such as uranium, thorium, and potassium interact with water, breaking the radioactive decay of heavy elements such as uranium and thorium within the Earth's crust. They are Karoo on the environmental impact of fracking and uranium mining. Continuing into retirement Dr. Stefan Cramer


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 6 November 2024

The Middle Corridor offers new opportunities and challenges for transport through the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Trans-Caspian route for grain, oil, minerals, and uranium for many years, and the route’s popularity was


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 6 November 2024 English

Introduction India has yet to frame a national security strategy or a national security doctrine, instead relying on existing military strategies and directives, such as the Raksha Mantri’s Operational Directive …

construct a radiological dispersal device with Uranium-233.19 The case of the IS cell in Indonesia highlights


IEA: International Energy Agency · 5 November 2024 English

Namibia's abundant world-class wind and solar resources present significant opportunities for the country. Backed by robust policies to help harness these resources, renewable energy could play a central role in …

progressing rapidly around the world, with Namibia’s uranium mine emerging as one of the world’s pioneers. Despite rich in mineral resources – notably diamonds and uranium, but also copper, zinc, lithium and rare earth Namibia’s vast mineral wealth includes diamonds, uranium and gold, as well as critical minerals like copper Agency. Namibia is the third-largest producer of uranium in the world, representing more than 11% of global 24% and reached over 7 million tonnes of refined uranium oxide (or yellowcake), which is exported to countries


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 1 November 2024 English

Nuclear must be part of the mix.

supplies more than 40 percent of the world’s enriched uranium, including about 20 percent of what the United Fortunately, lawmakers passed the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, signed by President Joe Biden in May May 2024, which bans unirradiated low- enriched uranium from Russia or Russian �rms from being imported billion in federal funding to expand the domestic uranium industry in hopes of building demand, and will will also help build new low-enriched uranium supply (which is what current reactors use as fuel) as well


OEKO: Öko-Institut e.V. · 1 November 2024 English

This paper explores the past contribution of the energy supply sector 1 to already achieved emission reductions as well as the contribution of the energy sector to the upcoming 2040 …

dominated by Russia and Kazakhstan. In 2023, 44.5% of uranium delivered to EU utilities still came from Russia Russia (23,5 %) or Kazakhstan (21 %), while no uranium originated in the EU; likewise less than 30% of conversion mined in the EU-27 at all; in fact, only 32% of uranium imports in the EU in 2020 came from mines not owned


ELIAMEP: Hellenic Foundation For European and Foreign Policy · 31 October 2024 English

By multiplying risks in the Global South, Russia seeks to undermine the United States and its allies, positioning itself as a dominant force in the region. [...] Considering all this, …

billions in gold and pursuing strategic control over uranium in countries like Niger. These resources likely exchange for access to valuable resources like gold, uranium, and diamonds. Wagner has been instrumental in development aid. Niger, Russia is actively pursuing uranium concessions, aiming to reduce French influence


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 31 October 2024 English

The best option already has a successful playbook from 2013.

refrain from enriching uranium to a weapons-grade puri� of 90 percent and casting uranium into weapons-usable


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 31 October 2024 English

This report, as part of a series on energy and emission pathways, examines business-as-usual and low-carbon scenarios for Pakistan.

total energy imports, followed by oil (32%) and uranium (20%). Energy security planning in the country Biomass Modern Biomass Traditional Hydro Power Uranium Domestic Onshore Wind Solar CSP Electricity (OG (Terminal) Imported Coal Imported Electricity Imported Uranium Mtoe = million tons of oil equivalent. Source: scenario. The highest increase is for gas and uranium, in line with the limited domestic availability increase in nuclear-based electricity generation, uranium imports would grow at a CAGR of 10.4% between


WEF: World Economic Forum · 31 October 2024 English

.] The US established the high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) Availability Program and put $2.7 billion towards producers of low-enriched uranium.7 At COP28, the World Nuclear Association and the Emirates

The US established the high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) Availability Program and put $2.7 billion billion towards producers of low-enriched uranium.7 At COP28, the World Nuclear Association and the Emirates produce one-third of its the domestic supply chain. uranium domestically.20 Electricité de France (EDF) commissioned new-build security. Kazatomprom, the world’s largest uranium programmes, but early investments carry risk. producer reactors. Advancements in high-assay low- enriched uranium (HALEU) and mixed oxide (MOX) fuel are crucial


View more