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The country has continued to operate facilities that produce plutonium and highly enriched uranium, according to three Stanford University researchers. — Andrew Jeong, WSJ, "North Korea Keeps Stockpiling Materials to Make Nuclear Weapons, Report Finds," 12 Feb. 2019 Hillary Clinton's alleged role in the sale of a uranium enterprise to a Russian company was a campaign allegation, but Trump repeatedly raised it again as the Mueller investigation continued. — Glenn Kessler, chicagotribune.com, "Trump's 'spygate' claim is latest off-target salvo at Russia probe," 2 June 2018 In many communities, people drink, shower, cook and wash dishes with water containing excessive amounts of pollutants, including arsenic, nitrates and uranium. — Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese And Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, "360,000 Californians have unsafe drinking water. Are you one of them?," 1 June 2018 Photo: Getty North Korea is still using a uranium-enrichment facility at the heart of last week’s summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the United Nations atomic agency said. — Michael R. Gordon, WSJ, "North Korea Still Using Uranium-Enrichment Facility, U.N. Agency Says," 4 Mar. 2019 That's where the North has a plutonium reactor and a uranium enrichment facility that can produce fissile material for atomic bombs. — Matthew Pennington, Fox News, "North Korea's offer of concessions comes with a catch for US," 20 Sep. 2018 But the law doesn’t bar a country from using the program to enrich and reprocess uranium to make a bomb. — Alex Ward, Vox, "Exclusive: House Democrat to introduce new bill punishing Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi," 9 Nov. 2018 The scars from such a collision, says Mojzsis, have been left on uranium and lead isotopes. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "Life on Earth May Have Been Born From a Maelstrom of Molten Iron," 15 Jan. 2019 Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest nations despite having reserves of nickel, cobalt, gold, uranium and other minerals. — Fox News, "US diplomat in Madagascar found dead in home, suspect in custody," 26 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uranium.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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