Sentence examples for refined uranium from inspiring English sources

Refined uranium can be used to fuel nuclear power plants.

Refined uranium can be used to fuel nuclear power plants – Iran's stated goal – but also provide the fissile core of an atomic bomb if refined much further.

In 2006, officials in the former Soviet republic of Georgia arrested a Russian man who was offering to sell 100 grams of highly refined uranium, about 3.5 ounces, for $1 million.

It has shown interest in working with Urenco in the past and already uses a plant in Preston, England, that turns refined uranium ore into the uranium hexafluoride that could serve as feedstock for Urenco's nearby Capenhurst complex.

Rumors of a Niger-Iraq uranium deal had first surfaced in Rome in 2001, as documents purporting to be related to the sale of 500 metric tonnes of yellowcake (a lightly refined uranium ore) circulated in intelligence circles and among journalists.

When refined, uranium is a silvery white, weakly radioactive metal.

The successful application of a newly refined uranium-thorium dating technique is also expected to send other scientists to other caves to see if they can reclaim prehistoric bragging rights.

For political reasons, however, the government could decide to refine uranium anyway, XXXXXXXXXXXX suggested.

On the other hand, giving Iran the fuel unconditionally would remove Iran's rationale for refining uranium to more than 3.5 percent.

A recent UN report said Iran had refrained from expanding tests of more efficient models of a machine used to refine uranium under a nuclear agreement with the six world powers.

The Institute for Science and International Security said Iran still appeared to be experiencing problems in its testing of production-scale units of more advanced centrifuges that would allow it to refine uranium faster, even though it had made some progress.