Libya lost, then found, 2.5 tonnes of uranium – a red flag for nuclear safety: Uranium processing plant in Utah, US. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Earlier this year the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi reported that about 2.5 tonnes of uranium ore concentrate had gone missing from a …
Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry: Stand well back. RHJPhtotoandilustration It is a year since Horizon Nuclear Power, a company owned by Hitachi, confirmed it was pulling out of building the £20 billion Wylfa nuclear power plant on Anglesey in north Wales. The Japanese industrial conglomerate cited the failure to …
Gulf War Illness: depleted uranium ruled out as a cause of mystery condition – new study: Oil well fires burning outside of Kuwait. Everett Collection/ Shutterstock This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War. A United Nations coalition of about 700,000 troops led by the United States liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation …