swegmaster1

This is a really good question and hopefully someone more qualified can chime in with a better answer. This is just my guess on why after some quick googling because I'm curious too -

From my brief research, Uranium in its "natural state" is found in ores that only contain very very small (<1%) concentrations of pure Uranium. With such low concentrations, I can't imagine these ores being very radioactive since they are >99% other material that is not radioactive.

On the other hand, nuclear waste is very radioactive because it only consists of concentrated radioactive materials.

What is your education background like? And would you recommend a job similar to yours?

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