Uranium Mining: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of Financial Assurance

ISBN-13: 9781492101833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 74 str.

Us Government Accountability Office

Opis

Uranium is a hardrock mineral, and most U.S. uranium deposits are located in the western half of the United States, specifically in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.9 In the United States, uranium has been primarily used as a fuel for electric power generation and for nuclear weapons.