Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist. It is a radioactive element found naturally in the environment in very small amounts — scientists call these trace amounts — in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellowcake is a concentrated form of mined and processed uranium. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CC BY When most people hear the ...

5 On Your Side sat down with passionate advocates who were forced to learn the history and are now working to change the future.

The lack of transparent monitoring data and public access to environmental information significantly increases risks for communities living near former uranium facilities. A sealed entrance to a ...

The US DOE is restarting uranium recovery at Savannah River Site’s H Canyon to produce HALEU for advanced reactors.

"Like the radioactive waste itself, some bad ideas won’t disappear. Southeast Utah is in the crosshairs once again, aided by a $2 million Biden-era grant given to two pro-nuclear nonprofits based in ...