Sentence examples for obtained uranium from inspiring English sources

They knew that Mr. Hussein had obtained uranium ore -- called yellowcake -- in the African country two decades ago.

Two senior Bush administration officials have said the countries are discussing evidence presented by the United States that North Korea has secretly obtained uranium enrichment technology.

In 2002, a retired diplomat, Joseph Wilson, was sent by the Central Intelligence Agency to Niger to investigate intelligence reports that Iraq had obtained uranium yellowcake, used in the production of nuclear weapons.

But there were clues that the technology had spread even further: a German intelligence investigation determined that Iraq and possibly Iran and North Korea had obtained uranium-melting expertise stolen from Urenco in 1984, Mr. Hibbs reported in Nucleonics Week several years later.

But there is a long way between obtaining uranium and building a nuclear weapon.

Mr. Blair also said he stood by the disputed intelligence regarding Iraq's efforts to obtain uranium from Africa.

Wilson investigated whether Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was trying to obtain uranium from that country.

"There is other reporting to suggest that Iraq tried to obtain uranium from Africa," the statement said.

Fadl also talked about bin Laden's desire to attack Americans, including his ambition to obtain uranium.

Rather, the debunking of the contract was based mostly on the implausibility of obtaining uranium in Niger because of the way the industry was structured.

Mr. Bush attributed his assertion that Mr. Hussein had tried to obtain uranium in Africa to British intelligence, but it was based on faulty information.