Does uranium ore have radiation?

The uranium ore that people often talk about is the raw material from which uranium can be extracted. Anyone who has studied chemistry knows about uranium. Uranium is a very scarce chemical element worldwide. For example, everyone knows about the atomic bomb, and uranium is an important material for making atomic bombs. Now many people often come into contact with uranium ore because of work needs, such as people who specialize in uranium extraction. So, will uranium ore produce radiation?

Does uranium ore have radiation?

Uranium ore is radioactive and can cause cancer in the human body, so uranium ore is indeed harmful to the human body.

Uranium deposit

Uranium ore comes in soil-like, powdery, block-like, stalactite-like, kidney-like, etc. Some earthy forms of uranium ore are called black uranium, while the massive forms are called pitchblende. Earthy uranium ore has little luster, while massive uranium ore has an asphalt luster. Uranium ore is a dangerous mineral that is radioactive. In addition to extracting uranium for the nuclear industry, they can also extract radium and other rare earth elements. Uranium is an extremely rare radioactive metal element with an average content of only 2 parts per million in the earth's crust. The probability of forming industrially usable deposits is much smaller than that of other metal elements. Uranium ore is the "rose" in the mineral family. It is colorful but radioactive.

Variety Introduction

Uranium ore (uranatemnite), pitchblende, columbite-titanium uraninite, crystalline uraninite, amorphous uraninite, vanadium potassium uraninite, plate-lead uraninite, barium phosphate uraninite, turanium copper arsenide, calcium magnesium uraninite, calcium uranium mica, silicon magnesium uraninite, phosphorus zinc uraninite, and green uraninite.

China Uranium Mines

China is a country with relatively limited uranium resources. According to estimates of the reserves of a number of uranium mines that China has provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency, China's proven uranium reserves rank 10th in the world and cannot meet the long-term needs of developing nuclear power. The deposits are mainly small and medium in scale (accounting for more than 60% of the total reserves). The ore grade is relatively low, and is usually associated with phosphorus, sulfur, non-ferrous metals and rare metal minerals. There are four main types of uranium deposits: granite, volcanic rock, sandstone and carbonaceous siltstone; their reserves account for 38%, 22%, 19.5% and 16% of the country's total reserves respectively. Uranium deposits in coal-bearing strata, uranium deposits in alkaline rocks and other types of uranium deposits account for a very small proportion of proven reserves, but have prospecting potential. The time span of China's uranium mineralization era is between 1900 and 3 million years ago, that is, between the Paleoproterozoic and Tertiary periods, with the most concentrated mineralization in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic era. In terms of spatial distribution, China's uranium deposits are divided into two major regions, north and south. The northern uranium mining area is mainly volcanic rock type, while the southern uranium mining area is mainly granite type.