 II, uranium mining expanded dramatically, from 38,000 tons of ore in 1948 to 5.2 million tons in 1958, nearly all of it for nuclear weapons production. The United States mined about 60 million tons of ore to produce this uranium. Many tons of natural...  Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom - Стр. 13авторы: DIANE Publishing Company - 1995 - Страниц: 106Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1995 - Страниц: 128
...New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After World War II, uranium mining expanded dramatically, from 38,000 tons of ore in 1948 to 5.2 million tons in 1958, nearly...plutonium made for the US arsenal, miners took roughly 1 ,000 tons of uranium ore from the ground. Uranium Milling A ton of uranium ore yields only a few... | |
 | Chester D. Rail - 2000 - Страниц: 198
...contamination. A listing of these wastes is presented next. Uranium Mining and Milling Wastes [URL Ref. No. 310] The United States mined about 60 million tons of ore to produce uranium for nuclear weapons production. Mining and milling produced large volumes of a sand-like by-product... | |
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