{"id":1212,"date":"2021-09-18T14:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfd-trading-blog.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:24:06","slug":"uran-handeln-trading-mit-rohstoffen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfd-trading-blog.com\/en\/commodity-cfd\/uranium-trading-with-commodities\/","title":{"rendered":"Uranium - Trading with commodities"},"content":{"rendered":"
Investors rarely associate the metal uranium with trading. Uranium is a radioactive metal that is used in the economy and in the military for a variety of purposes. Investors themselves can also profit from the uranium industry with uranium CFD trading, uranium stocks and uranium ETCs.<\/p>
Since the raw material uranium is particularly hyped these days, the following article will therefore deal with the topic \"How can small investors trade uranium\". Among other things, the use of the raw material uranium in the economy, its influencing factors in the price formation as well as the individual trading opportunities will be discussed in detail.<\/p>
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Uranium in itself is a radioactive and toxic metal, which is dangerous to humans due to its radiation and toxicity. High doses of uranium over a long period of time can damage the internal organs as well as the genetic information of humans.<\/p>
Nevertheless, uranium is used - under heavy safety precautions - in industry and in the military for a variety of purposes and is of correspondingly great use. In the following subsections, the main uses of uranium in nuclear power plants, for radiation protection, and in nautical and military applications will be described in more detail.<\/p>
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In nuclear power plants (or nuclear power stations), the uranium isotope U(235) in particular is used to generate energy. For this purpose, the corresponding isotope - only about 0.72 percent of which occurs naturally in uranium - must first be extracted from the uranium and enriched separately. An average nuclear power plant needs about 20 metric tons of uranium per year - in terms of volume, this amount would fit into a standard mid-size car. However, this is the uranium that has already been enriched, which is why about 200 metric tons of uranium per year and nuclear power plant are needed as the starting material. Through nuclear fission and the resulting chain reaction, thermal energy is initially generated in the nuclear power plant, which is then converted into electrical energy.<\/p>
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In addition to its high energy density, uranium also has an extensive absorption effect, which is why uranium is also used in many places as a shielding material in radiation protection. For example, special depleted uranium is used as a trim weight in aircraft or even as a keel weight in high-performance sailboats.<\/p>
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In nautical applications, uranium is mainly used in atomic icebreakers, which have so-called pressurized water reactors. They require cold seawater for cooling and can therefore only be used in the Arctic and Antarctic. The consumption of a typical nuclear icebreaker is about 200 grams of enriched uranium per day, which means that nuclear icebreakers with a load of 250 to 300 kilograms of uranium can remain at sea continuously for about 4 years.<\/p>
In the military sector, uranium is primarily used for uranium munitions - and mainly for armor-piercing munitions. The impacting ammunition, consisting of depleted uranium, atomizes after hitting the target and then burns explosively. Enriched uranium, on the other hand, serves as a source material for use in nuclear weapons and as a primer for hydrogen bombs.<\/p>
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The global production of uranium in 2019 amounted to about 54,000 tons, of which the countries of Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Namibia and Niger produced a large part. Thus, the above countries produced quantities in the following constellation:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t