Recent annual production of natural uranium world-wide has been between 55,000 and 65,000 tons of uranium metal, similar to the fuel demand. Additionally, thorium is also being investigated as a ...

The analysis revealed that the first piece of debris contained uranium and zirconium, a metal used in the cladding ... extracted a sample of radioactive rubble from the bottom of the containment ...

Although at the time Klaproth thought that he had discovered uranium metal, its actual isolation was not achieved until 1841, by the French chemist Eugène-Melchior Péligot who reduced the ...

This publication highlights the potential presence of uranium in ore deposits that are not commonly thought of as uraniferous and therefore highlights potential additional sources of uranium supply.