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Solar Flares and Radioactive Elements

May 25th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“It’s a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away.” Quoted from the Stanford University press release.

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Uranium Exploration in Arizona

November 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Arizona Geology Blog reports on some recent uranium exploration developments in Arizona.

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Security of US Nuclear Plants

March 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

As concern about emissions from fossil fuel power plants increase, more attention is being given to generating more electricity with nuclear plants – but questions of their safety remain.

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Utah Uranium Mill Receives First Ore

December 28th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The first shipment of uranium ore was delivered to the White Mesa Mill, located about six miles south of the community of Blanding, in southeastern Utah. “White Mesa is the only conventional uranium mill currently operating in the United States.” Quoted from a Denison Mines press release.

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Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill

December 6th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Piñon Ridge uranium mill, located in Colorado’s Paradox Valley will be the first new uranium mill built in the United States in decades.

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Construction at Ohio Uranium Enrichment Facility Halted

September 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

About 1000 construction workers and contractors were laid off after the Department of Energy declined to release loan guarantees for an Ohio uranium enrichment facility.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/EOv__jVmGPE” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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