uranium
Dense radioactive metal
Uranium is a dense, silvery-white metallic element, atomic number 92.
It is radioactive and fissionable, making it the primary fuel for nuclear reactors and the core material in nuclear weapons.
Enriched uranium has a higher concentration of the isotope uranium-235, which sustains chain reactions.
The country was accused of enriching uranium for weapons development.
Nuclear breakup releasing energy
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- criticalityState of utmost importance
neutron · breeder · fusion · power plant · fuel rod · centrifuge · yellowcake · hexafluoride
Metal-bearing rock
- pitchblendePrimary uranium ore
- extractionAct of removing
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
open-pit · underground · yellowcake · deposit · prospecting · radon exposure · reclamation · Kazakhstan
Systematic display of elements
- atomic numberProton quantity per nucleus
- U-235Fissile uranium isotope
- metalHard conductive solid
- denseClosely packed together
silvery · oxidation · compound · ore · pitchblende · elemental · reactive · fluorescent
Gradual organic breakdown
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
isotope · contamination · dosimeter · ionizing · radon · emit · curie · shielding
Soviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- Three Mile IslandPennsylvania nuclear disaster site
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
Manhattan Project · Cold War · Curie · Fermi · Oppenheimer · discovery · atomic age · arms race
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
Little Boy · deterrence · nonproliferation · arms race · enriched · weapons-grade · implosion · Trinity
fission
Nuclear breakup releasing energy
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
criticality · neutron · breeder · fusion · power plant · fuel rod · centrifuge · yellowcake · hexafluoride · pellet
ore
Metal-bearing rock
- pitchblendePrimary uranium ore
- extractionAct of removing
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
tailings · open-pit · underground · yellowcake · deposit · prospecting · radon exposure · reclamation · Kazakhstan · Canada
periodic table
Systematic display of elements
- atomic numberProton quantity per nucleus
- U-235Fissile uranium isotope
- metalHard conductive solid
dense · silvery · oxidation · compound · ore · pitchblende · elemental · reactive · fluorescent
decay
Gradual organic breakdown
half-life · isotope · contamination · dosimeter · ionizing · radon · emit · curie · shielding · exposure
Chernobyl
Soviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- Three Mile IslandPennsylvania nuclear disaster site
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
Nagasaki · Manhattan Project · Cold War · Curie · Fermi · Oppenheimer · discovery · atomic age · arms race · fallout
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- warheadMunition's explosive section
Manhattan Project · Little Boy · deterrence · nonproliferation · arms race · enriched · weapons-grade · implosion · Trinity · mushroom cloud
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, nuclear fusion
- Nuclear Plantsreactor, reactor core, control rods, cooling tower, fuel rods
- Nuclear Powernuclear reactors, nuclear plants, nuclear fuel, nuclear waste, plutonium
- carcinogensasbestos, benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, tobacco smoke
- hazardous chemicalsacid, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, hydrofluoric acid
- Nuclear Falloutfallout, fallout zone, fallout shelter, contamination zone, cesium-137
- depleted uraniumProcessed nuclear byproduct, very dense
- uranium bombFission-based nuclear explosive
- enriched uraniumIsotope-concentrated nuclear fuel
- uranium enrichmentRaising fissile isotope proportion
- uranium minesFacilities extracting radioactive ore
- uranium miningOre extraction for reactors
uranium-235, uranium-238, enriched uranium, depleted uranium