The phrase "acquired uranium" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the procurement or possession of uranium, often in scientific, military, or regulatory discussions.
Example: "The country has acquired uranium for its nuclear energy program, raising concerns among international observers."
Alternatives: "obtained uranium" or "secured uranium".
The president, in his State of the Union address, said: British intelligence (not American intelligence) has evidence that Iraq was seeking to acquire (not had acquired) uranium from African nations.
The briefer came back a day or two later and said, 'We do have a report, but there's a lack of details.' " The Vice-President was further told that it was known that Iraq had acquired uranium ore from Niger in the early nineteen-eighties but that that material had been placed in secure storage by the I.A.E.A., which was monitoring it.
South Korean officials have said they believe North Korea first acquired uranium-enrichment technology from Pakistan.
In this case, a classified version of the document included an allegation that Iraq had been trying to acquire uranium in Niger.
*Tried covertly to acquire technology and materials that could be used to produce nuclear weapons; sought to acquire uranium, though it has no civilian program for using it; and recalled specialists to work on its nuclear program.
Likewise, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor the Defense Intelligence Agency, which both published assessments on possible Iraqi efforts to acquire uranium, have ever published assessments outside of their agencies which correct their previous positions.
The Bush administration began to unveil some of that information yesterday, disclosing intelligence on Iraq's recent efforts to acquire uranium and manufacture fuels for prohibited longer-range missiles.
At the center of the debate was a statement by President Bush in his State of the Union address that Iraq was trying to acquire uranium from Africa to restart its nuclear weapons program.
In a September interview on "Meet the Press," Cheney claimed that the British dossier's charge that "Saddam was, in fact, trying to acquire uranium in Africa" had been "revalidated".
But it also contained some information that tended to bolster the view that Iraq had tried to acquire uranium from Niger and possibly one or two other African nations.
Senator Brutti told reporters on Thursday that indeed Sismi had provided information about Iraq's desire to acquire uranium from Niger as early as the 1990's, but that it had never said the information was credible.
