] Business is booming in the mining zone that supplied
] uranium for the atomic bombs unleashed on Hiroshima and
] Nagasaki despite a decree by Congo's president banning
] all mining activity here.
]
] President Joseph Kabila ordered the zone closed three
] months ago amid growing concerns that unregulated nuclear
] materials could get into the hands of so-called rogue
] nations or terrorist groups. Yet 1,000 miles away from
] the capital, Kinshasa, thousands of diggers are still
] hacking away at a dark cavity of open earth in this
] southeastern village, filling thousands of burlap sacks a
] day with black soil rich in cobalt, copper and
] radioactive uranium.

[ It's not clear how much uranium is being dug up or shipped, but there's clearly some kinda shenanigans going on. My question is, how many other such mines are there? Where else can you get some uranium that maybe we don't even know about? -k]