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Gold/Mining/Energy : Uranium Stocks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mcbeanburger who wrote (10466)	4/17/2007 2:57:32 PM
From: lowerSharpnose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30441

uranium isn't a metal (i think) Uranium is a metal. en.wikipedia.org Uranium (IPA: /j?'re?ni?m/) is a silvery metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. Uranium has the highest atomic weight of the naturally occurring elements (see plutonium). Uranium is approximately 70% more dense than lead and is weakly radioactive.... rgds lowerSharpnose

To: mcbeanburger who wrote (10466)	4/17/2007 4:19:34 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30441

One interesting thing about uranium - it is very souble in water. The whole process from mine to fuel rods to reprocessing is way complicated because of the need for isotope separation, and other issues. The front end process from mine to yellow cake, isn't too bad. One other exploration problem - Uranium itself is not very radio active. The disintergration products, especially Radium, are a million time more radioactive. So in some places, the uranium can remain in solution, and diffuse throught sandstone, etc. until it is close to the surface, but the radium is left behind. The Uranium on the surface won't make a gieger counter click very much, but the radium which might be a mile away will produce lots of clicks.