Uranium is the only naturally-occurring material that can be used to make an atomic bomb or to fuel a nuclear reactor. It is the key element behind all nuclear fission technology, military and civilian.

Plutonium is a uranium derivative, created inside every nuclear reactor that is fuelled with uranium. Plutonium can also be used to make nuclear weapons or to fuel a nuclear reactor, but without uranium there would be no plutonium to begin with.

The following articles and audio-visual resources on uranium deal with (1) the military uses of uranium, (2) uranium as a nuclear reactor fuel, (3) radioactive wastes (tailings) left over from uranium mining, (4) the health hazards of uranium and its byproducts, (5) the politics and the business of uranium.

Aboriginal Deaths from the World’s First Uranium Mine Reported

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[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

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[ Uranium: Premises, Promises, Predicaments – Edwards, 1h28m video, Saskatoon, October 19, 2021]

[ Health Implications of Uranium Fuel Fabrication [Peterborough 2020]

[ Protecting the Health and Safety of Canadians [Peterborough 2020] ]

[ Health Problems with Uranium Fuel Pelleting (BWXT Peterborough) [Slide Show 2019] ]

[ Correspondence on the long-term hazards of uranium tailings [Denmark 2019] ]

[ Speech: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Slide Show: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Uranium Mill Tailings: Not Just Any Toxic Legacy ]

[ Uranium, Radioactivity & Ionizing Radiation (Slideshow, Joburg S.Africa, Nov 16/15) ]

[ Declaration of the World Uranium Symposium (Quebec April 16 2015) ]

[ Canada’s Uranium to India + World Uranium Symposium [Radio (15 min) April 16 2015] ]

[ Uranium in Quebec: Too Heavy A Price To Pay? (Brief to Uranium Inquiry, Oct 30 2014) ]

[ Uranium – Its Uses and Dangers (Sept 25 2014) ]

[ Resolution for a Permanent Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Quebec (February 2013) ]

[ CCNR Critique of the Matoush Uranium Exploration Project’s EIS (November 23 2010) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [slide show (1 hr) 2007]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008]

[An Open Letter to Nunavut Leaders: Health Implications (Vakil & Harvey 2010) ]

[Summary of Testimony to the Nunavut Planning Commission (Edwards 2007/06/06) ]

[ “Wanted: A Home for Canada’s Nuclear Waste ]

[Ethical Problems Concerning the Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons (Jan ’01) ]

[Depleted Uranium — Commercial Dross or Military Gold? (photo) ]

[What are the Radioactive Byproducts of Uranium-238? (chart) ]

[What Does Alpha Radiation Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[Health Warning Related to Handling Radioactive Ores (Ottawa ’31/32) ]

[Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium (Bertell 99/05) ]

[U.S. Senate testimony affecting atomic veterans (Bertell 98/04) ]

[Gulf War Syndrome and Depleted Uranium: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Uranium : A Discussion Guide — Questions & Answers ]

[Uranium: Known Facts and Hidden Dangers (Salzburg address) ]

[Uranium: The Deadliest Metal — background article (Edwards 92) ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts (’98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology (’98) ]

[Dene of Great Bear Lake Demand Federal Action on Uranium Deaths ]

[Findings on Uranium Tailings — from Official Documents ]

[Critique of ICRP Radiation Standards: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Health Dangers of Uranium Mining: B.C. Medical Association (’80) ]

[Estimating Lung Cancers from Permitted Radon Exposures (Edwards/78) ]

[Risk Estimates for Health Effects of Alpha Radiation (Thomas/81) ]

[Map of Uranium Mining Activities in Canada ]

[Uranium Tailings at Elliot Lake (photo) ]

[What are radon progeny (formerly called radon daughters) ? (chart) ]

[Uranium Refinery at Blind River, Ontario (photo) ]

[A Scale Model of the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Inside the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Port Radium, NWT, before the discovery of nuclear fission (1930s) ]

[The first shipment of radium concentrates from Great Bear Lake (1931) ]

Port Hope Contamination

[ Port Hope – Early History of Contamination (Edwards, January, 2021) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Port Hope Mortality Study – A Critique [draft version] (Eric Mintz, 2004) ]

[ Port Hope Cancer Morbidity Study – A Critique (Eric Mintz, 2000) ]

[ Health Effects of Radiation Contamination in Port Hope (Queen’s U Study, 1984) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Critique of EA on Slightly Enriched Uranium at Port Hope (PHCHCC, Oct 19, 2008)  ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts (’98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology (’98) ]