Synonyms for uranium
yʊˈreɪ ni əmura·ni·um

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1. uranium, U, atomic number 92noun

   a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons

   Synonyms:
   atomic number 92, uracil

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1. Mark Kirk:

   If anything can stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, it is maintaining the united bipartisan front in Congress to end Iran's uranium enrichment and plutonium paths to the bomb.

2. David Albright:

   It is necessary to identify where North Korea enriches uranium and part of that is understanding where it has done it in the past.

3. Olli Heinonen:

   Historically, nuclear-weapon design and even manufacturing have gone hand by hand with the production of fissile material, the bomb to Hiroshima was dropped without testing only a few weeks after the last chunks of high enriched uranium were produced.

4. Lanny Davis:

   The people on that process -- on that board -- nine agencies approved the [uranium] deal, and the individual from State said he never heard from Mrs. Clinton.

5. Jeffrey Lewis:

   Achieving these goals will probably require North Korea to increase the amount of weapons-grade plutonium and uranium available for weapons production.