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Mining waste byproduct
Uranium tailings or uranium tails are a radioactive waste byproduct (tailings) of conventional uranium mining and uranium enrichment. They contain the
Uranium_tailings
Radioactive waste site
/ 38.5997°N 109.5976°W / 38.5997; -109.5976 The Moab uranium mill tailings pile is a uranium mill waste pond situated alongside the Colorado River,
Moab uranium mill tailings pile
Moab_uranium_mill_tailings_pile
Radioactive spill in New Mexico, United States
lands. The milling of uranium ore produced an acidic slurry of ground waste rock and fluid (tailings) that was pumped to the tailings disposal area. The
Church Rock uranium mill spill
Church_Rock_uranium_mill_spill
Process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Almost 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2022. Kazakhstan, Canada, and
Uranium_mining
of the radioactive uranium-mine tailings in to spill downstream into a portion of the densely populated Ferghana Valley Tailings ponds can also be a
Tailings_dam_failure
mill tailings, a by-product of the uranium concentration process that poses risks to the public health and environment. The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation
Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action
Uranium_Mill_Tailings_Remedial_Action
noted the long-term environmental risks of uranium tailings, the solid waste left after processing. Tailings disposal sites represent potential sources
Uranium mining in the United States
Uranium_mining_in_the_United_States
Uranium mine in India
as Uranium tailings are retained in the tailing ponds above ground in its solid form. Typical problems of above ground storage of Uranium tailings are
Jaduguda_uranium_mine
Mine facility in Colorado, USA
continuing uranium procurement projects and “made no reference to the management of mill tailings, the environmental or health effect of those tailings, or to
Climax_Uranium_Mill
Town in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
of uranium oxide. The USSR left 23 unstable uranium tailings pits on the tectonically unstable hillside above the town. Unsecured uranium tailings on
Mailuu-Suu
there were 217,817,839 tonnes of uranium tailings in Canada. About 201 million tonnes were located at decommissioned uranium mining sites and about 17 million
Uranium_mining_in_Canada
1958 dam failure in Central Asia
by a mudslide nearly submerged a tailings pit. The World Bank approved a US$5 million grant to reclaim the tailings pits in 2004, and approved an additional
1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure
1958_Mailuu-Suu_tailings_dam_failure
tailings react with atmospheric oxygen and water. After uranium extraction, sulfide minerals in uranium tailings facilitates the release of uranium radionuclides
Uranium_acid_mine_drainage
leached to extract the uranium using sulphuric acid. Tailings were neutralized before being deposited, however exposed tailings released acid and radium-226
Uranium mining in the Elliot Lake area
Uranium_mining_in_the_Elliot_Lake_area
City in Texas, United States
is near the location of a uranium tailings disposal cell, completed in 1994 under the terms of the 1978 Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act. The
Falls_City,_Texas
noted the long-term environmental risks of uranium tailings, the solid waste left after processing. Tailings disposal sites represent potential sources
Uranium_mining_by_country
Materials left over from the separation of valuable minerals from ore
comminution, tailings consist of a slurry of fine particles, ranging from the size of a grain of sand to a few micrometres. Mine tailings are usually produced
Tailings
disaster 25 April 1998 Mine tailings Aznalcóllar, Andalusia, Spain 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill 30 January 2000 Mine tailings with cyanide Baia Mare, Romania
List_of_non-water_floods
US environmental law
The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (1978) is a United States environmental law that amended the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and authorized
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
Uranium_Mill_Tailings_Radiation_Control_Act
Defunct mining company
From 1966 to 2002, the mill processed uranium ore and recovered mine water from mines in the area. Tailings disposal cells and evaporation ponds constructed
Quivira_Mining_Corporation
Freshwater rift lake in Russia
customers, leaving 90% near the Lake Baikal region for storage. Uranium tailings contain radioactive and toxic materials, which if improperly stored, are
Lake_Baikal
Lake in Ontario, Canada
reported on consideration that was being given to disposing of uranium mining tailings into the Quirke Lake, but also noted that to do so would be perceived
Quirke_Lake
Byproduct of uranium enrichment
Depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUHF; also referred to as depleted uranium tails, depleted uranium tailings or DUF6) is a byproduct of the processing of
Depleted_uranium_hexafluoride
Australian television documentary series
Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail is a television documentary series about uranium, its history, and its uses. It was produced by Gene Pool Productions
Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail
Uranium_–_Twisting_the_Dragon's_Tail
Defunct Canadian mine holding company
company managed 4,600,000 tonnes of uranium tailings at former mines, which in 2016 represented 2% of all uranium tailings in Canada. Since two of EWL's mines
EWL_Management_Limited
Type of dam
gangue. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles, and are usually highly toxic and potentially radioactive. Solid tailings are often
Tailings_dam
across 69 acres (28 ha) were used for the uranium extraction process, and a 30 acres (12 ha) uranium tailings pile existed. In 1961 Kerr-McGee purchased
Lakeview_Mining_Company
Uranium processed to increase the percentage of uranium-235
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope
Enriched_uranium
Indian reservation in Wyoming, United States
2013). "Study ties cancer on the Wind River Indian Reservation to uranium tailings site". WyoFile. Retrieved September 30, 2020. Ahtone, Tristan (January
Wind_River_Indian_Reservation
Kompanion Financial Group. Retrieved 19 August 2023. Sevcik, Margarita. "Uranium Tailings in Kyrgyzstan: Catalyst for Cooperation and Confidence Building?" (PDF)
List of companies of Kyrgyzstan
List_of_companies_of_Kyrgyzstan
City in and seat of Mesa County, Colorado, USA
Energy Commission. It produced 2.2 million tons of uranium tailings a by product of uranium mining which can be unsafe. For decades, Grand Junction residents
Grand_Junction,_Colorado
Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
enrichment tailings containing more than 0.35% uranium-235 are being considered for re-enrichment, driving the price of depleted uranium hexafluoride
Uranium
Method of producing enriched uranium
will re-enrich to natural levels several hundred kilotons of depleted uranium tailings from the last enrichment plant to use gaseous diffusion. That plant
Separation of isotopes by laser excitation
Separation_of_isotopes_by_laser_excitation
Isotope of uranium
natural isotopes. Depleted uranium used in kinetic energy penetrators is supposed to be made from uranium enrichment tailings that have never been irradiated
Uranium-236
Unusable radioactive materials
Vast mounds of uranium mill tailings are left at many old mining sites, especially in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Although mill tailings are not very
Radioactive_waste
produce excess rock called tailings. The rock that does not contain uranium must be processed which can result in uranium leaking into the groundwater
Uranium_mining_in_Namibia
Uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Canada
disposal of tailings, open pit disposal of tailings which would then be filled with water, or covering the open pit filled with tailings then covering
Gunnar_Mine
Uranium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia
The Ranger Uranium Mine was a uranium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia. The site is surrounded by, but separate from Kakadu National Park, 230 km
Ranger_Uranium_Mine
European nuclear fuel company
German electric utilities E.ON and RWE. The Urenco Group operates several uranium enrichment plants in Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, and the
Urenco_Group
Settlement in Queensland, Australia
and the tailings rehabilitated by the end of 1984. Mary Kathleen became the site of Australia's first major rehabilitation project of a uranium mine, which
Mary_Kathleen,_Queensland
for radon-resistant construction in new homes. In a few locations, uranium tailings have been used for landfills and were subsequently built on, resulting
Health_effects_of_radon
Economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth's crust
Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within Earth's crust. Uranium is a fairly common element in the Earth's crust
Uranium_ore
Chemical element with atomic number 86 (Rn)
mitigated by covering tailings with soil or clay, though other decay products may leach into groundwater supplies. Non-uranium mines may pose higher risks
Radon
creates radioactive waste in the form of tailings, which contain uranium, radium, and polonium. Consequently, uranium mining results in "the unavoidable radioactive
Uranium_in_the_environment
States' largest radioactive accident during the Church Rock uranium mill spill in 1979 when a tailings pond upstream from Navajo County breached its dam and
Uranium mining and the Navajo people
Uranium_mining_and_the_Navajo_people
Place in Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
process uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan until 2005 when this activity was stopped due to a lack of raw material. The massive uranium tailings remain
Kara-Balta
had AECB oversight. Greyhawk Mine's tailings were processed at the mill located at Madawaska Mine, leaving no tailings on site. As a consequence of this
Uranium mining in the Bancroft area
Uranium_mining_in_the_Bancroft_area
Waterway in Arizona
from uranium mines upstream. The Church Rock uranium mill spill is one of the worst radioactive spills in U.S. history. On July 16, 1979, a tailings pond
Puerco_River
Uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Canada
deposits are being used as mill tailings management facilities. Its deposits jointly remain one of the higher grade large uranium deposits discovered, with
Key_Lake_mine
Native American cartoonist, comedian, and singer/songwriter
have watered at the Rio Puerco, a New Mexico river contaminated by a uranium tailings spill in the 1970s." Muttonman's radioactivity and super powers is
Vincent_Craig
Commodity market
The uranium market, like all commodity markets, has a history of volatility, moving with the standard forces of supply and demand as well as geopolitical
Uranium_market
Census-designated place in Utah, United States
project that promises to bring jobs to the area as tailings from the Atlas Mineral Company's tailings ponds outside of Moab will be moved to Crescent Junction
Thompson_Springs,_Utah
process uranium ore. Uravan Uranium Project, at the now-abandoned town of Uravan, in Montrose County. In addition, there are 15 Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial
Uranium_mining_in_Colorado
Chemical compound
are widespread around uranium bearing mine sites, where they usually form during the evaporation of acid sulfate-rich mine tailings which have been leached
Uranium(IV)_sulfate
Explorer and developer of US-based mineral resources
Could Be First in New Wave of Uranium Mines" (Press release). Retrieved 2018-01-28. The Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings Spill, Environmental Protection
Westwater_Resources
River in Arizona, United States
radioactive water containing uranium tailings breached into the North Fork of the Puerco River from a tailing pond of a uranium mine owned by Kerr-McGee Company
Little_Colorado_River
Uranium production is carried out in about 13 countries around the world, in 2017 producing a cumulative total of 59,462 tonnes of uranium (tU). The international
List_of_uranium_projects
Movement opposing the use of nuclear power, weapons, and/or uranium mining
on July 16, 1979, when United Nuclear Corporation's Church Rock uranium mill tailings disposal pond breached its dam. Over 1,000 tons of solid radioactive
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
Anti-nuclear_movement_in_the_United_States
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
city. It was a gun-type fission weapon which used uranium that had been enriched in the isotope uranium-235 to power its explosive reaction. Little Boy
Little_Boy
Four mountains sacred to the Navajo
Resources Company to extract 675,000 tons of uranium ore which left behind 698,000 tons of radioactive tailings on the surface. The Mount Taylor area has
Four Sacred Mountains of the Navajo
Four_Sacred_Mountains_of_the_Navajo
structural cracks in 1976. A failure in the earthen tailings dam of the mill resulted in a uranium spill on July 16, 1979; this remains as one of the largest
Uranium_mining_in_New_Mexico
Radiological impact of uranium mining
located in Namibia is the world's longest-operating open-pit uranium mine. The uranium mill tailings dam has been leaking for a number of years, and on January
Uranium_mining_debate
Uranium mining town
the operation and left behind numerous abandoned uranium mines and associated radioactive mill tailings. Because no reclamation laws existed at the time
Yellowcake_boomtown
Process of manufacturing and using nuclear fuel
that contain the uranium. The undesirable solids are disposed of as tailings. Once the solution has had the tailings removed, the uranium is extracted from
Nuclear_fuel_cycle
2019 documentary film
operations. Jadugora has nine such highly toxic or radioactive tailings from a nearby uranium mining facility. The plot revolves around how the Indian government
Tailing_Pond_(film)
Material used to produce nuclear energy
isotope produced by a nuclear reactor, the tailings and waste that is produced or extracted from uranium or thorium from an ore that processed mainly
Nuclear_material
Underground mine in Musonoi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
and tailings also pollute the region with wind-blown dust. The Kolwezi Tailings Project is an attempt to recover additional metal from these tailings. The
Kamoto_mine
2012. Moab uranium mill tailings pile Uranium mining in the United States Uranium mining and the Navajo people The Navajo People and Uranium Mining The
Uranium_mining_in_Utah
Mining company in East Germany
pitchblende tailings from a Czech uranium mine in these mountains. Radioactive waters were used in several towns for health treatment. The uranium mines in
Wismut_(company)
City in Utah, United States
for uranium subsided in the early 1960s. On January 1, 1960, the mill was closed permanently by the Atomic Energy Commission. The mill tailings were
Monticello,_Utah
produced more than 1,000 t of uranium), as well as ore processing sites (eight sites with mills) and processing tailings storage sites (15 sites). These
Uranium_mining_in_France
Mine in Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland
cobalt. The mine had suffered several leaks of toxic metal-contaminated tailings, which had threatened local waterways. Members of the management were charged
Talvivaara_mine
Uranium producer
does not require liquid waste or tailings management facilities. The major processing steps to extract the uranium take place deep underground (hence
Kazatomprom
2019 United States Supreme Court case
Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case from the October 2018 term. In a split opinion, the Court
Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren
Virginia_Uranium,_Inc._v._Warren
Uranium mine in Namibia
in the area, Swakop Uranium has drilled a number of groundwater monitoring holes around the pit, the waste rock dump, the tailings storage facility, the
Husab_Mine
Program of the Manhattan Project to convert uranium ores into feed materials
metric tons (2,200 short tons) of tailings from the mine considered too poor to bother processing contained up to 20% uranium ore. Black oxide was mainly used
Manhattan Project feed materials program
Manhattan_Project_feed_materials_program
Uranium mining district in New Mexico
approximately 111 acres (0.4 km2) of radioactive tailings were left from almost 25 years of uranium extraction. Wind and rain spread the material over
Ambrosia_Lake
Solution mining process for recovering certain dissolved metals
environmental protection standards for uranium mining because current regulations, promulgated in response to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978
In_situ_leach
Radioactive waste dump in Ukraine
million tonnes of radioactive waste due to its processing of uranium across nine tailings covering an area of 2.68 million square meters. The sites, improperly
Prydniprovsky Chemical Plant radioactive dumps
Prydniprovsky_Chemical_Plant_radioactive_dumps
Abandoned uranium mine in Ontario, Canada
19 mg of uranium per kg of ore. The 2,284,421 tonnes of tailings are deposited in two impoundments near Cardiff: Auger Lake and South Tailings Basin which
Bicroft_Mine
American geologist and politician
of the marker. Moab uranium mill tailings pile Uranium mining in Utah Steen, Mark (February–March 2002). ""My Old Man": The Uranium King. Part 1". Canyon
Charles_Steen
Place in Sughd Region, Tajikistan
related to uranium mining and production. In 2022, a contract was agreed for a subsidiary of TVEL to reclaim land on the 8 ha (20 acres) tailings dump, which
Istiqlol
Uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Canada
sometimes referred to as the Eldorado Mine or the Beaverlodge Operation was a uranium mine in the community of Eldorado, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Eldorado
Eldorado_Mine_(Saskatchewan)
Australia, possesses within its boundaries a number of large uranium deposits. The uranium is legally owned by the Australian Government, and is sold internationally
Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park
Uranium_mining_in_Kakadu_National_Park
Mineral containing rare-earth elements
process into a marketable form, while others constitute tailings for disposal. Products of the uranium and thorium decay series, particularly radium will be
Monazite
Place in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
operated a uranium mine in neighbouring Shekaftar. The company left behind three huge tailings site containing toxic waste: Most of Tailings No. 1 have
Sumsar
Chemical compound
Uranium hydride, also called uranium trihydride (UH3), is an inorganic compound and a hydride of uranium. Uranium hydride is a brownish black pyrophoric
Uranium(III)_hydride
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
The project proposed both highly enriched uranium and plutonium as fuel for nuclear weapons. Enriched uranium was produced at the Clinton Engineer Works
Manhattan_Project
Metallurgical process used to extract valuable material from an ore
of waste effluent and tailings produced, which are usually either highly acidic or alkali as well as toxic (e.g. bauxite tailings). There are four types
Leaching_(metallurgy)
Type of Uranium waste from the Manhattan Project
very radioactive mill residues resulting from the uniquely concentrated uranium ore discovered before WW II in Katanga province (Shinkolobwe mine) of the
K-65_residues
Catastrophic failure of dam barrier by uncontrolled release of water
mine-tailings spill, consultant says". Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2017-12-28. "Design failure caused Mount Polley tailings breach
Dam_failure
Amount of separation done by a uranium enrichment process
done by a Uranium enrichment process – is a function of the concentrations of the feedstock, the enriched output, and the depleted tailings; and is expressed
Separative_work_units
reactor site (including fission products and plutonium waste) Tailings and waste rock at uranium mining mills Releases of ill-defined quantities of radioactive
Environmental impact of nuclear power
Environmental_impact_of_nuclear_power
Mine in India
List of uranium mines Uranium market Uranium mining debate Uranium reserves Peak uranium Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park Uranium metallurgy
Tummalapalle_uranium_mine
Uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
to 6,000 tons per day. The site has two tailings management areas that includes 64 million tons of tailings under water. The site was decommissioned
Denison_Mine
Mine near Kolwezi, DRC
Kolwezi tailings project was initiated in 2004 to recover tailings from two deposits, the Kingamyambo tailings dam and the Musunoi river tailings. Due to
Musonoi_Mine
conjunction with Tajikistan's steep mountain topography, have caused uranium tailings to be carried by landslides into soil, pastures and public water sources
Environmental issues in Tajikistan
Environmental_issues_in_Tajikistan
Former mine in South Australia
1906 until 1961. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson, it was Australia's first uranium mine, years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the
Radium_Hill
Severe events involving radioactive materials
damage. July 1979: Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill in New Mexico, USA, when United Nuclear Corporation's uranium mill tailings disposal pond breached its dam
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
mills and tailings as well as a lignite mine and power plant along with a manganese casting plant and mill. In 1995, 5 million pounds of uranium were produced
Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai
Krasnokamensk,_Zabaykalsky_Krai
URANIUM TAILINGS
URANIUM TAILINGS
Female
Greek
(Παλλάς) Greek unisex name derived from the word pallô, PALLAS means "to brandish a weapon." In mythology, this is the name of many characters in Greek mythology: a son of Euandros (Latin Evander); a giant son of Ouranos (Latin Uranus) and Gaia; a Titan son of Krios (Latin Crius) and Eurybia; the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton; and it is an epithet of Athene.Â
Female
English
English name which may be an elaborated form of the Latin word cor, CORDELIA means "heart." This is the name of a legendary queen of the Britons. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus and an asteroid, both of which were named after a Shakespeare character who also bore this name.
Girl/Female
Greek
Crane.
Girl/Female
Indian
Great, Famous, Peace protector
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese
Heavenly; Muse of Astronomy
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
To Recite in a Sing Song Voice
Girl/Female
Muslim
Great, Famous, Peace protector (1)
Female
English
English Shakespeare character name derived from Roman Latin Porcius, PORTIA means "pig." A moon of Uranus was given this name.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Hebrew unisex Ari'el, ARIEL means "lion of god." In the bible, this is a name applied to the city of Jerusalem, and the name of a chief of the returning exiles. In the Apocrypha, this is the name of an archangel who rules the waters. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."
Boy/Male
Greek
Sky.
Female
German
German form of Roman Latin Porcius, PORSCHE means "pig." A moon of Uranus was given this name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It may have been a topographic name for someone who lived near a barn or granary, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.English : variant of Warner 1, from a central Old French form.English : reduced form of Gardener.South German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German garn ‘thread’; by extension, an occupational name for a fisherman.Altered spelling of Gerner.
Female
Greek
(ΤηθÏÏ‚) Greek name TETHYS means "grandmother; nurse." In mythology, this is the name of a Titaness and sea goddess, the daughter of Ouranos (Latin Uranus) and Gaia (Latin Gæa).
Female
Hebrew
(×ï¬µ×¨Ö¸× Ö´×™×ª) Hebrew name URANIT means "light."
Male
Greek
(Ωκεανός) Greek name OKEANOS means "ocean." In mythology, this is the name of a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia, the personification of the world-ocean once believed to encircle the world.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Francom.
Female
Hebrew
(×ֲרִי×ֵל) Hebrew unisex name ARI'EL means "lion of god." In the bible, this is a name applied to the city of Jerusalem, and the name of a chief of the returning exiles. In the Apocrypha, this is the name of an archangel who rules the waters. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."Â
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, from Middle English, Old French grange (Latin granica ‘granary’, ‘barn’, from granum ‘grain’). In some cases, the surname has arisen from places named with this word, for example in Dorset and West Yorkshire in England, and in Ardèche and Jura in France. The Marquis de Lafayette owned a property named Lagrange, and there used to be a place in VT so named in his honor.
Girl/Female
Greek
Heavenly.
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Girl/Female
Indian
A dot on the forehead. the one which indian women who put down the same in between two eyebrows, Drop, Point
Biblical
mild; good; merciful
Boy/Male
Hindi
Name of a sage.
Boy/Male
Tamil
A message or tidings or that which is heard, Rock that can penetrate metal
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Bedecked with Skulls
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hindu Goddess Parvati
Boy/Male
Muslim
Rare, Uncommon, Strange
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
To Believe in God's will
Male
Basque
, fiery.
Female
Italian
Feminine form of Italian Andrea, ANDREINA means "man; warrior."
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n.
The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
n.
The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
a.
Of or pertaining to the cranium.
a.
Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
n.
Scientific examination of the cranium.
n.
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
pl.
of Cranium
pl.
of Cranium
a.
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
n.
An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.
n.
A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
n.
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
n.
The contents of the cranium; the brain.
n.
The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
pl.
of Bucranium
a.
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.
a.
Within the cranium or skull.
n.
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.