Uranium Deposits of the World USA and Latin America /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dahlkamp, Franz J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Economic geology.; Mineral resources.; Mineralogy.; Nuclear engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geology.; Nuclear Engineering.

Modern industrial society urgently needs alternatives to traditional carbon and petroleum-based energy sources. Oil and gas reserves are uncertain, and concentrated in politically unstable regions. Coal carries high environmental costs, both in its extraction from the earth, and its impact on air an...