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Utah: the Uranium Capital of the World

By Lexi Bradshaw, Brigham Young University
Before World War II, uranium was considered an unlucrative resource to mine. However, the United States' dropping of the atomic bombs changed the worth of the element. Nuclear weapons, such as the atomic bomb, are made from uranium: a heavy element…
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