Uranium, e leng ntho ea lik’hemik’hale e nang le letšoao la U le boima ba athomo e lekanang le 238 u, e na le nomoro ea athomo ea 92. E sebetsa ka matla mekhoeng ea ho bōpa matla, uranium e tloaelehile haholo ho feta silevera le khauta, ’me e ka ’na ea ipaka e sebetsa haholoanyane. ho feta liminerale leha e le life tsa bohlokoa tse khotsofatsang litlhoko tsa nako e telele tsa batho ba polanete ea rōna.
Bakeng sa ts'ebeliso ea rona mona, 'lipolokelo tsa uranium' ke mehloli ea "recoverable" uranium, ho sa tsotelehe isotope, motheong oa theko e tsitsitseng ea 'maraka. Ha ho nahanoa hore lifeme tsa matla a nyutlelie hangata li hlohlelletsoa ke uranium, linaha tse nang le polokelo e phahameng ea uranium li khona ho una molemo ho tsoa ho karolo e ntseng e eketseha ea lekala la matla a nyutlelie ka har'a 'maraka oa lefatše oa matla.
Mona ke libaka tse 10 tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa polokelo ea uranium lefatšeng.
boemo bo | naha | Sebaka sa polokelo ea Uranium |
1. | Kazakhstan | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 304,000 |
2. | Canada | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 275,000 |
3. | South Africa | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 168,000 |
4. | Brazil | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 156,000 |
5. | China | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 102,000 |
6. | Mongolia | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 50,000 |
7. | Ukraine | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 41,000 |
8. | Tanzania | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 38,000 |
9. | Uzbekistan | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 37,000 |
10. | Russia | Lithane tsa metsoako ea 25,000 |