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• n  a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons

• How big is the boom in uranium? How long will it last? Last week, for the first time, the Atomic Energy Commission gave businessmen a dazzling glimpse into uranium's future.
• Uranium, the most sought-after of all minerals, is being feverishly hunted by most big and little nations.
• When did the White House know that its Niger uranium claim was false?.

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News & Articles

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• Cameco Is the Shining Knight of Uranium Stocks
  Cameco Is the Shining Knight of Uranium Stocks        
  June 21, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Uranium mill cleanup reaches 6 million ton milestone
  Efforts to relocate 16 million tons of contaminated uranium mill waste away from the banks of the Colorado River reached a new milestone this week.
  June 20, 2013 - The Moab Times-Independent
• Uranium mill in western New Mexico sparks fear of cancer threat
  GRANTS, N.M. -- Federal officials need to either move the waste from an abandoned uranium mill near Milan or relocate the owners of about 75 nearby homes, western New Mexico
  June 20, 2013 - El Paso Times

Quotes

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• President Bush in Montreal Gazette
  I view this report as a warning signal,Bush said. "And the reason why it's a warning signal is that they could restart it. And the thing that would make a restarted program effective and dangerous is the ability to enrich uranium, the...
• Condoleezza Rice in USA Today
  Rice said, "We have long been concerned about highly enriched uranium as an alternative (nuclear weapons) route in North Korea."