also any other advice on uranium mining would be appreciated.
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One does not mine for depleted uranium. That is man made and is disposed of in guarded facilities. However, if you insist, you had best know it's qualities and make sure you are well protected with radiation gear.\n\n"Depleted uranium results from the enriching of natural uranium for use in nuclear reactors. Natural uranium is a slightly radioactive metal that is present in most rocks and soils as well as in many rivers and sea water. Natural uranium consists primarily of a mixture of two isotopes (forms) of uranium, Uranium-235 (U235) and Uranium-238 (U238), in the proportion of about 0.7 and 99.3 percent, respectively. Nuclear reactors require U235 to produce energy, therefore, the natural uranium has to be enriched to obtain the isotope U235 by removing a large part of the U238. Uranium-238 becomes DU, which is 0.7 times as radioactive as natural uranium. Since DU has a half-life of 4.5 billion years, there is very little decay of those DU materials."
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See silver mines in\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Silver_mines
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Here are other sites that might help.  Good luck with your project.
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Uranium is an element and does not have any pros and cons.\n\nHowever, the USE of uranium as a power supply, which is what I think you mean, has benefits and problems.\n\nBenefits -\nCheap, cleaner than fossil fuels, long-lasting\nProblems - \nRadioactive forever, highly toxic/poisonous, must refine it to use it, where do you dispose of it?, "not in my back yard" syndrome for location of nuclear plants
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GOOD IDEA.\n\nEven better - why not build more of the Japanese train (there's a small one in the UK too) which travels on the +/- polarity of magnets along with an accelerator.\nThere is no friction at all with these, and, apparently, no limit to a top speed !\n\nThere are no environmental issues either.\n\nBig question though, would the oil/gas companies allow it, seeing it would destroy their business ?
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I'm sure you can find all that over there easily....I hope you know what you're getting into, cuz if not it will be hell, if you do good luck and have the ride of your life.\n\nHappy Trails
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depends where the area is. they may not even let you mine the area if the coal contains large amounts of sulfer or other impurities since pollution laws are stricter nowadays. i think the better option would be to just sell it to a mining company unless you want to start your own mine, i dont know how you would go about doing that.
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Check the link below for specific advice.
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www.monster.com has some good links with advice on just what you're asking about.
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Here's a list of some sites that should help you get started.\nwww.coalusa.com/store/books/history.htm \nwww.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coal_mining \n\nNot sure what kind of mining you meant...these are about coal mining.
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look here http://www.rocksandminerals.adventuresinodyssey.be/
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You'll need some plutonium and a reactor chamber.
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Enjoy these sites:\nhttp://www.miningjobs.org/Searching/ViewJob.cfm?PostingID=2030\nhttp://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:utAi8aybcYYJ:www.aapg.org/education/vgp/talk_titles.pdf+role+of+geologist+in+a+mining+industry&hl=es&gl=pr&ct=clnk&cd=5\nhttp://technology.infomine.com/miningJobs/welcome.asp?i=minejobs3
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Here are some news items that may give an idea or two.  Good luck.
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Uranium is used in atom bombs, \nIt is definitely not very calm. \nRadioactivity is a scare, \nThis will burn your skin off without a care. \nWalton figured out how to split it up. \nWith nuclear fission, he could blow things up. \nThis helped America win World War II, \nThey bombed Japan and saved many poor Jews. \nKlaproth found Uranium in pitchblende, \nIt’s mainly in Australia, whom we depend \nOn for fuel in a nuclear reactor \nOr a dangerous annihilator. \nIts orthorhombic structure is so fun, \nIt can be converted to plutonium. \nBy Carsen Stringer\nUranium: Friend or Foe? \nThis poem might give you some ideas
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Additional information would be helpful
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Many of your propositions are well pinpointed. It looks like you are well informed and shrewd. I am sure I wouldn't teach you much more than you already know. I would just say that nearly all of of the options you propose may happen at the same time within a relatively short laps of time in case of grave world-sized crisis.