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  2. Uranium - Wikipedia

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    The amount of uranium in air is usually very small; however, people who work in factories that process phosphate fertilizers, live near government facilities that made or tested nuclear weapons, live or work near a modern battlefield where depleted uranium weapons have been used, or live or work near a coal-fired power plant, facilities that ...

  3. Uranium compounds - Wikipedia

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    Uranium compounds are compounds formed by the element uranium (U). Although uranium is a radioactive actinide , its compounds are well studied due to its long half-life and its applications. It usually forms in the +4 and +6 oxidation states , although it can also form in other oxidation states.

  4. Nuclear material - Wikipedia

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    Special nuclear materials have plutonium, uranium-233 or uranium with U 233 or U 235 that has a content found more than in nature. Source material is thorium or uranium that has a U 235 content equal to or less than what is in nature. Byproduct material is radioactive material that is not source or special nuclear material.

  5. Fission products (by element) - Wikipedia

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    As the longest-lived radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 has a half-life of only 373.59 days, it has been suggested that the ruthenium and palladium in PUREX raffinate should be used as a source of the metals after allowing the radioactive isotopes to decay. [4] [5] After ten half life cycles have passed over 99.96% of any radioisotope is stable ...

  6. Nuclear chemistry - Wikipedia

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    11 C, carbon-11 is usually produced by cyclotron bombardment of 14 N with protons. The resulting nuclear reaction is 14 N(p,α) 11 C. [36] Additionally, carbon-11 can also be made using a cyclotron; boron in the form of boric oxide is reacted with protons in a (p,n) reaction. Another alternative route is to react 10 B with deuterons.

  7. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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    It became popular in the U.S. and uranium was widely used to color glassware until 1943, when the government started regulating its use so that they could save uranium to build atom bombs.

  8. Natural uranium - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 2.2% of its radioactivity comes from uranium-235, 48.6% from uranium-238, and 49.2% from uranium-234. Natural uranium can be used to fuel both low- and high-power nuclear reactors . Historically, graphite-moderated reactors and heavy water -moderated reactors have been fueled with natural uranium in the pure metal (U) or uranium ...

  9. What is radon? The radioactive gas is found in homes across ...

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    Radon, a byproduct of naturally decaying uranium, is estimated to cause thousands of deaths each year nationwide. Here's how to protect yourself. Radon, a byproduct of naturally decaying uranium ...