Uranium

==Uranium (U) by Morgan Johnson.== - a silvery, nonrenewable metallic chemical element discovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth. Uranium, in earlier times, was used for tinting in photography, and also as a colorant in uranium glass. It is most commonly used for it's nuclear properties. "Little Boy," the first nuclear weapon used in war, was made from uranium. It is found almost everywhere in soil and rock, and it's mostly discovered in aquatic environments like lakes, rivers, oceans, ect. There are also small traces sometimes found in food and even in human tissue. Uranium contains atomic energy, which is a good alternative source of energy for our earth. It is also used in the fission and diffision of atoms. It is processed in a nuclear plant where it is mined out of the ground by pipes called leeching solutions. It is extracted as uranium ore and then processed into whatever they need it's use for. Most people want to sustain uranium because of it's energy being a more "green" source. However, some people question it because of the harm it may cause from it's nuclear plants. I believe uranium should be our earth's source of energy regardless of it's nuclear risks because it would help our earths economy greatly. Though, I also believe if the risks of the nuclear plants become an issue, we should not terminate them but find ways to rennovate them so that they are not so much of a threat to the life around them. The radio activity in these plants once started cannot be reduced. With those things under control, I believe that uranium would be an excellent number one source of energy for earth.