Uranium is commonly found naturally occurring in small amounts in rocks, soil and water. It is as abundant as tin, and one thousand more times abundant than gold.
What is uranium?
Discovered in 1789 by a German chemist, uranium is named after the planet Uranus, which was discovered just eight years earlier. Uranium is a heavy, silvery-white, toxic, metallic, and naturally-radioactive chemical element. There are approximately 26 chemical elements considered t
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