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

MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …

archival collection. 73 2.5 More work for uranium miners: uranium mine, Elliot Lake, 1950s. Originally published wheat, coal, nickel and other metals, oil, and uranium in a seasonally inhospitable environment.16 Belshaw


CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 3 May 2024 French

Le financement de son infrastructure et de ses activités de recherche provient des cotisations de ses organisations-membres, d’une subvention d’infrastructure du gouvernement du Québec, de même que des subventions et …

nickel), des minéraux à combusBble solide (charbon, uranium), des minéraux industriels (phosphate, gypse) et


INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 26 April 2024

945, avenue Wolfe, Québec (QC) G1V 5B3 Téléphone : (418) 650-5115 poste 5100 Télécopieur : (418) 654-2754 Courriel : ctqlab@inspq.qc.ca ● www.inspq.qc.ca ANALYSIS REQUEST FORM METALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS CLIENT …

Total Mercury (Hg) ☐ ☐** ☐ ☐ Tungsten (W) ☐ ☐ Uranium (U) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Vanadium (V) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Yttrium (Y)


INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 26 April 2024 French

945, avenue Wolfe, Québec (QC) G1V 5B3 Téléphone : (418) 650-5115 poste 5100 Télécopieur : (418) 654-2754 Courriel : ctqlab@inspq.qc.ca ● www.inspq.qc.ca REQUÊTE D’ANALYSE MÉTAUX ET ÉLÉMENTS TRACES CLIENT Centre …

☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Thorium (Th) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Tungstène (W) ☐ ☐ Uranium (U) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Vanadium (V) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Yttrium (Y)


CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 26 April 2024 English

Submission by the Canadian Environmental Law Association to the Canadian Nuclear Safety 1500 Commission Regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Sara Libman October 12, …

2023 8 pdf. Joint Submission by Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative, Coalition for 58 pdf. Application to Renew the Uranium Mill Licence and the Uranium Mine Licence for its Rabbit Lake Cameco Corporation's Application to renew the Uranium Mill Licence for its 1527 Sara Libman, Dr. Tanya May 1, 2023 64 pdf Key Lake Operation and the Uranium Mine Licence for its McArthur River Operation: Regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium Mines and Mills in Canada: Kerrie Blaise and Morten


CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 24 April 2024 English

APPROVALS EXTRACTION: Transferring the radioactive wastes into the transportation containers at the reactor station TRANSPORTATION: Transferring the radioactive wastes from the reactor stations to centralized location PROCESSING: Transferring the wastes …

breach, spill of uranium Two additional incidents • In 2013, a truck hauling uranium hexafluoride had


First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 22 April 2024 English

Landon served as a voice for children and youth as a member education, and research geared at ending the inequities in public of the Caring Society Board of Directors, providing …

supplemented years, due to contamination from a uranium mine They are directly with several educational The water in our community is contaminated by uranium making our water unsafe to drink. The definition over 17 years, due to uranium contamination. This can be either a result of uranium leaching. The people the audience: How would water contaminated by uranium affect your current lifestyle? Based on your current some indigenous areas becomes er%20as%20sacred. “Uranium.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 April 2024 English

An essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining.

Islands SOUTH AMERICA Bolivia Suriname The Rossing Uranium Mine in Namibia (Peter Tarr) 10 Strategic Environmental Netherlands Namibia SEA for the Central Namib Uranium Rush 2009–2010 USD 150,000 Deutsche Gesellschaft global demand for power and a likely shortage of uranium resulted in a sudden scramble for prospecting Government of Namibia initiated a SEA for the uranium sector, and in 2007 the Ministry of Mines and management plan (SEMP) for the Central Namib uranium mining province: 2015 annual report. Ministry of


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 8 April 2024 English

The current focus is on the strategic Russia and China, as well as the implications importance of satellite ground stations in the of the involvement of the North Atlantic Treaty …

Arctic Ocean (Hilde 2013). silver, gold, coal, uranium and rare earth elements. The Eurasian Arctic has


Fraser Institute · 5 April 2024 English

Canada, as with many other environmentally conscientious governments, is pursuing an agenda of an energy transition: away from fossil fuels, and toward a society increasingly driven by wind power, solar …

coal, oil, natural gas, biofuels, bioenergy, and uranium; and assumed policy-driven increases in end-use


View more