Uranium, ihe mejupụtara kemịkalụ nwere akara U na atomiki nha nhata 238 u, nwere nọmba atọm 92. Na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma na usoro ike ike, uranium na-ahụkarị karịa ọlaọcha na ọla edo, ma gosipụtala na ọ bara uru karịa. karịa ịnweta 'dị oké ọnụ ahịa' ọ bụla na-egbo mkpa ogologo oge nke ndị mmadụ bi n'ụwa anyị. Mgbe Martin Heinrich Klaproth chọtara uranium na 1789, ọ ga-abụ na German chemist amaghị otú ihe ahụ ga-esi dị mkpa na ndụ mmadụ.
Eji obere ihe na glazing na ceramics, uranium bụ nke a na-egwupụta mbụ dị ka ihe sitere na mmepụta radium ruo ngwụsị 1930s. Otú ọ dị, nchọpụta nke fission nuklia, na nkwa nke ike nuklia, gbanwere ihe niile. Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị na-eweta uranium kachasị n'ụwa dabere na mba ndị nwere nnukwu ego uranium. Mana inwe nnukwu nchekwa anaghị asụgharị n'ọnụọgụ mmepụta uranium.
Nke a bụ ogbunigwe uranium iri kacha elu n'ụwa.
n'usoro | nke m | Country | Production |
1. | Ọdọ mmiri Cigar | Canada | 4,693 tọn |
2. | Inkai 1-3 | Kazakhstan | 3,449 tọn |
3. | Husab | Namibia | 3,309 tọn |
4. | Karatau (Budenovskoye 2) | Kazakhstan | 2,561 tọn |
5. | Rössing | Namibia | 2,444 tọn |
6. | Mile anọ | Australia | 2,241 tọn |
7. | SOMAIR | Niger | 1,996 tọn |
8. | Olympic Dam | Australia | 1,922 tọn |
9. | Central Mynkuduk | Kazakhstan | 1,579 tọn |
10. | Karasan 1 | Kazakhstan | 1,579 tọn |