Aerial view of one of only three permitted uranium mines in Australia (share of profits go to aboriginal landowners), Ranger Uranium mine, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Aerial of Ranger Uranium mine in Kakadu National Park from which a share of the profits go to aboriginal landowners in the Northern Territory of Australia, Pacific

Yellow cake, powdery uranium oxide in Burwell filter press, Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America

Fission of a uranium nucleus

The Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell in Bissell Park, symbol of friendship and peace with Japan; Oak Ridge was established during World War II to produce weapons-grade uranium for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Oak Ridge, Tenne

Aerials of the Paducah Gaseos Diffusion Plant, KY. There are 38,000 cylinders of depleted uranium (uranium tetrafloride UF6) which is the waste from the enrichment process of uranium.

Aerials of the Paducah Gaseos Diffusion Plant, KY. There are 38,000 cylinders of depleted uranium (uranium tetrafloride UF6) which is the waste from the enrichment process of uranium.

School bus in early morning in the Paradox Valley, an unusual valley at the center of the Paradox Basin, Colorado. The Paradox Basin was home to numerous uranium mines.