ʻO ka Uranium, he mea kemika me ka hōʻailona U a me ka nuipa atomika like me 238 u, he helu atomika 92. Hoʻoikaika nui i nā kaʻina hana ikehu, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka uranium ma mua o ke kālā a me ke gula, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana. ma mua o kekahi 'minela makamae' no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono lōʻihi o ka heluna kanaka o ko kākou honua.
No kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ka 'uranium reserves' he mau mālama ʻana o ka uranium 'recoverable', me ka nānā ʻole i ka isotope, ma ke kumu o ke kumu kūʻai kūʻai paʻa. Ke noʻonoʻo nei i nā mea kanu nuklea e hoʻoulu pinepine ʻia e ka uranium, hiki i nā ʻāina i loaʻa ka uranium kiʻekiʻe ke loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka ʻoihana nuklea i loko o ka mākeke ikehu honua.
Eia ka 10 kiʻekiʻe o ka uranium mālama ʻia ma ka honua.
Rank | aina | Uranium mālama |
1. | Kasakana | 304,000 metric ton |
2. | Kanaka | 275,000 metric ton |
3. | ʻApelika Hema | 168,000 metric ton |
4. | Palakila | 156,000 metric ton |
5. | China | 102,000 metric ton |
6. | Monokolia | 50,000 metric ton |
7. | ʻUkelena | 41,000 metric ton |
8. | Tanazania | 38,000 metric ton |
9. | ʻUsepekikana | 37,000 metric ton |
10. | Lukia | 25,000 metric ton |