uranium

IPA: jɝˈeɪniʌm

The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.

Examples of "uranium" in Sentences

In addition, uranium is a finite fuel supply and its mining presents serious health risks.
However, we are already taking the necessary step to remove highly enriched uranium from the country.
(One uranium nucleus consists of 92 protons and 146 neutrons and each neutron in uranium is bound on average by 8 MeV.)
It does not, because 1/3 of the uranium is already in the bones, and not circulating in the blood for the kidneys to filter it.
The analysis of these particles indicates that the uranium is anthropogenic, i.e. that the material was produced as a result of chemical processing.
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner congratulated Moldova's government for the break up of what he called a uranium smuggling ring and said an FBI team had assisted Moldovan authorities with "technical analysis."
It does not, because 1/3 of the uranium is already in the bones, and not circulating in the blood for the kidneys to filter it. â€œTwenty to thirty percent of a toxic does of intravenous uranium could be found in the bones of male rats within 2.5 hours after administration, and 90% of the uranium retained by the body after 40 days was in bone [Neuman 1948a].