Thus the radio elements
Thus the radio elements formed strange and cruel families in which each member was created by spontaneous transformation of the mother substance: radium was a descendant of uranium, polonium a descendant of radium. Eve Curie
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Thus the radio elements formed strange and cruel families in which each member was created by spontaneous transformation of the mother substance: radium was a descendant of uranium, polonium a descendant of radium. Eve Curie
[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the α radiation, and the other of a more penetrative character, which will be termed the β radiation. Ernest Rutherford
We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there’s no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated in recent … Read more
We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon. Dick Cheney
FCU’s PLS discovery has quickly become one of the most exciting stories in the uranium sector. David Talbot
EFR has incredible leverage to the rising uranium price and its projects have massive potential. David Talbot
U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation’s continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor kinves, and pepper spray on fourteen commerical flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of … Read more
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect ‘widows and orphans and strangers at the gate’, are designed precisely to create ‘widows and orphans’, to transform strangers into enemies and enemies into corpses. Daniel Berrigan
I don’t know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they’re capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn’t scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there’s no telling what might have ensued. Charles Krauthammer
There are better alternatives… Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium. Bob Brown