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Notes:
Uranium can cause radiation. This caused three workers of a uranium mine to get hurt and to evacuate the
area around it. The reason the people in Japan use this is because it relies on it for one third of its energy.
Also, Iran uses uranium for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
A use for uranium is to use it for nuclear technology, salts, photography and in analytical chemistry.
Uranium is used for nuclear technology. Some uses of this are “to make atomic bombs, to fuel nuclear
reactors, and to produce radioactive isotopes for medical, industrial, and research purposes.”
The down side to uranium is that it is radioactive.
There are many minerals of uranium, so uranium is always found with another element.
Uranium must be extracted from ores and than a more complex system is used.
One pound of uranium equals the energy of 3 million pounds of coal.
There is a lot of iron products such as iron rods, bars, sheets, plates.
The United States has large deposits of uranium, and Canada does as well.
Australia has uranium in its Northern Territory.
In the US the uranium deposits are usually found in sandstone.
In Africa, Russia, Brazil, the Mediterranean region, and the United States there are large deposits of
uranium.
Uranium miners are constantly exposed to radon which is known to cause lung cancer and possibly
leukemia.
I looked up “Iron Resources” and “Iron Resource” on Power Search and SIRS Discover. I found an article
on SIRS Discover about Asia and found some information on iron ore.
India and China are among the largest producers of Iron Ore in Asia. They are one of the largest Iron
and Steel industries in Asia. Some people believe Iron can help stop global warming by covering the
Oceans with Iron dust.
We have an estimated 200 tons of Iron Ore and in that about 25% is in the former USSR, 15% is in
Brazil, 13% in India, 12% in the United States, and 7% in Canada. Britain makes about 18 metric tons
of Iron Ore.
Most iron is used to make steel.
In 1889 the United States led the world in steel production which is made from iron.
Iron appeared in China by about 600 B.C. China produces about 20% of the worlds iron.
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