Uranium mining is no different, and the hazards are well-known and easily mitigated,” Moore said. “Today, uranium mining is a relatively low-risk activity.” ...

As common as uranium is in the ground around us, the world’s oceans contain a thousand times more uranium (~4.5 billion tons) than can be mined today. This makes extracting uranium as well as… ...

Uranium concentrations in the ore carried by the trucks are as low as about 1%, according to Steven H. Brown, a certified health physicist and member of the Health Physics Society, who provides ...

General Matter, a U.S. startup hoping to enrich uranium for fueling nuclear reactors, signed a lease with the Department of Energy on Tuesday to build a facility at a former federal plant in Kentucky.

A uranium ore pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine, Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz. Credit: AP/Ross D. Franklin ...

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium boom means for their groundwater. By ...