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Law360
March 23, 2018
Law360 (March 22, 2018, 8:52 PM EDT) -- A Kentucky federal judge has revived a workers' compensation benefit petition from a former painter and laborer who said he developed a respiratory disorder at a government uranium-production facility, saying a doctor's report casts doubt on whether the U.S. Department of LaborÃâà...
Aldan Post
March 23, 2018
Looking at some ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) numbers, Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX:UEC)'s ROIC Quality Score is -4.532026. ROIC is a profitability ratio that measures the return that an investment generates for those providing capital. ROIC helps show how efficient a firm is at turning capital intoÃâà...
The Hill
March 23, 2018
An undercover informant who helped the FBI prove Russia's uranium industry engaged in criminal activity says congressional Democrats' recent attacks on his credibility were insulting to his medical disability and ignored the fact that agents recently asked him for fresh testimony about former PresidentÃâà...
The Capital Journal
March 22, 2018
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, opponents to the Dewey-Burdock Uranium Mine near Edgemont, S.D., hold up “NO URANIUM” signs during an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Rapid City, S.D. Water quality is a major concern for opponents of the proposed southwest South Dakota uraniumÃâà...
GCN.com
March 22, 2018
The Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon, Ohio, was a colossal facility that produced enriched uranium for nuclear weapons from 1956 until 2001. Decontamination of the site started in 2011, and now a robotic helper is joining the cleanup crew. Researchers at CarnegieÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 21, 2018
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday he will suspend the Energy Department's practice of selling excess uranium for the rest of the fiscal year, after a key Republican blocked the nomination of an agency nominee. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso has said the sales hurtÃâà...
Rapid City Journal
March 21, 2018
The mining project has been pursued since at least 2005 by Powertech, a South Dakota-registered company that is affiliated with the publicly traded Canadian corporation Azarga Uranium. The plan includes drilling deep holes in a remote area near Edgemont and pumping a solution underground toÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 3, 2018
The price of uranium, rather than fears of groundwater contamination, could stall a mining project in the foothills near the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Energy Fuels Inc. is forging ahead with plans to restart the mine despite low prices for uranium and local concerns about environmental impacts in the canyon'sÃâà...
Investing News Network
March 2, 2018
Vimy will acquire the largest granted tenement package in the Alligator River uranium province. This province is considered to be one of the top three uranium exploration districts in the world, with the others being the Athabasca Basin located in Canada, and the Chu-Saraysu and Syrdarya Basins inÃâà...
E&E News
March 2, 2018
MINING. Trump budget would nix Grand Canyon uranium studies. Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E News reporter. Published: Thursday, March 1, 2018. A little-noticed provision of President Trump's budget proposal would zero out funding of high-profile research into the effects of uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
Forward
March 2, 2018
(JTA) — Researchers in Israel said they have succeeded in cultivating commercially desert truffles whose market price reaches $120 per pound — slightly less than the cost of silver and four times that of uranium. The researchers from the Ramat HaNegev Desert Agriculture Center in Israel's south made aÃâà...
Laboratory Equipment
March 2, 2018
The debris, which included uranium, caesium and technetium, was discovered in the nuclear exclusion zone, several kilometers from the epicenter of the disaster at the Fukushima plant. Two locations were paddy oils, and an abandoned aquaculture center. Uranium itself has a half-life of 4.5 billion years.
Science Daily
March 2, 2018
Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a technique that can determine whether bricks -- the common building material -- have ever been near a radiological source, and identify the specific type of source, such as high enriched uranium or plutonium. The technique is possibleÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 1, 2018
Most sapient Americans—those who are skeptical of the mainstream media—know the outrageous but largely unreported story that Bill and Hillary Clinton, with the help of Obama officials and over congressional experts' objections, allowed Russia to gain control of 20 percent of America's uranium suppliesÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 1, 2018
(Courtesy of Tim Peterson | LightHawk) Red Canyon on the west side of Cedar Mesa in southern Utah was once a busy uranium mining district. The BLM has approved an expansion for the idled Daneros Mine in Bullseye Canyon, pictured in the middle distance of this aerial photograph. Energy FuelsÃâà...
Undark Magazine
February 28, 2018
What would expanded uranium mining in the U.S. mean at the local level? I have studied the legacies of past uranium mining and milling in Western states for over a decade. My book examines dilemmas faced by uranium communities caught between harmful legacies of previous mining booms and theÃâà...
FiveThirtyEight
February 21, 2018
But it's also similar to the story of uranium, the radioactive mineral that serves as a raw material for manufacturing fuel for nuclear power plants and the explosive cores of nuclear weapons. The key difference: Although coal companies have pushed for reduced regulation, representatives of uranium miningÃâà...
The Engineer
December 31, 1999
Autonomous robots equipped with disc-collimated radiation sensors are set to carry out inspections for uranium deposits at a former uranium enrichment plant in the US. Developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, the pair of robots will manoeuvre through miles of pipes at the USÃâà...
KUCB
December 31, 1999
Scientists found an enriched uranium particle over the Aleutian Islands and don't know where it came from. In 20 years of aerial surveys, it's the first time researchers have detected a particle like this. It's not naturally occurring uranium – it's the kind that might be found in nuclear bombs or fuel. Dan MurphyÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
Uranium – the raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons – is having a moment in the spotlight. Companies such as Energy Fuels, Inc. have played well-publicized roles in lobbying the Trump administration to reduce federal protection for public lands with uranium deposits. The DefenseÃâà...
