: a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of mostly nonfissionable isotopes see Chemical Elements Table
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Recent Examples on the WebEnvironment Ministry spokesman Kuebler noted that Russia is not the only supplier of uranium. Frank Jordans, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022 Experts warn Iran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Those attacks followed about a year after then-President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iran's nuclear deal, which saw sanctions on Tehran lifted in exchange for its drastically limiting its enrichment of uranium. Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 The United Nations estimates that Iran may be just days away from enriching enough uranium to fuel a bomb, although other time-consuming steps are required to build a weapon and marry it to a delivery system. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 16 July 2022 The agreement has sunset provisions that essentially allow Iran to enrich unlimited amounts of uranium by 2030. Dov Lieber, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 The country could only have 300 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 3.67% under the deal but, according to the latest IAEA count, now has around 3,800 kilograms enriched up to 60% purity.Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Those attacks followed about a year after then-President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iran's nuclear deal, which saw sanctions on Tehran lifted in exchange for its drastically limiting its enrichment of uranium. Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Those attacks followed about a year after then-President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iran's nuclear deal, which saw sanctions on Tehran lifted in exchange for its drastically limiting its enrichment of uranium. Jon Gambrell, ajc, 30 Aug. 2022 See More