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  • Sir William Crookes8 was able to separate from uranium salts by chemical means a small quantity of an intensely radioactive substance, which he called Uranium X, the residual uranium having lost most of its activity; and M. Becquerel, on repeating the experiment, found that the activity of the residual uranium was slowly regained, whilst that of the uranium X decayed.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • That bill eventually died in the House of Delegates but Virginia Uranium is paying $1.4 million for the National Academy of Sciences Study, which will examine the potential socioeconomic impact of allowing uranium mining in Virginia.

    Hurt files lawsuit over uranium ad, but Politifact says the ad is true 2010

  • That said, JD, Uranium is a natural element too, but I don't recommend eating it, breathing it, or taking a couple pounds of it in each hand and slamming them together just to see what would happen.

    Montana Sportsmen Open Fire On Proposed Lead Ban 2010

  • Lets focus on creating good stuff instead of taxing bad stuff by the way, Uranium is a lot more dangerous than carbon dioxide

    Obama transcript on climate: Act boldly 2009

  • Uranium is a common element in the earth’s crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet.

    Uranium by Tom Zoellner: Book summary 2010

  • That said, JD, Uranium is a natural element too, but I don't recommend eating it, breathing it, or taking a couple pounds of it in each hand and slamming them together just to see what would happen.

    Montana Sportsmen Open Fire On Proposed Lead Ban 2010

  • The depleted Uranium is making our people sick, the lead is poisoning the land.

    A Little Bit of History 2008

  • Uranium is not enriched at Isfahan, as claimed by the Telegraph, but at the fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, which is under supervision of IAEA and there is no report on its deviation, Fleming said.

    i can’t find this on iaea site, but still 2008

  • Uranium is not enriched at Isfahan, as claimed by the Telegraph, but at the fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, which is under supervision of IAEA and there is no report on its deviation, Fleming said.

    15 « September « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • And one of the reasons the United States has been so blatantly mendacious about Depleted Uranium is to generate confusion as to what exactly does it do … So the government is taking advantage of what it expects to be elements of proof in a legal action.

    DU Use in CA Strict Liability Offence : Law is Cool 2008

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