Plot thickens in intrigue over uranium
Kazakhstan’s ore at center of geopolitical maneuvering
Posted: February 28, 2010 at 6:03 a.m.
A Kazatomprom employee monitors the uranium pellet-making process from a computer station at the Ulba metallurgical plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, in this 2007 photo.
The dry steppe stretches to the horizon in all directions from Taikonur, a remote outpost in southern Kazakhstan. But peeking out of the sandy soil, amid the sagebrush and desert shrub, are thousands of wells arranged in geometric patterns, each extracting radioactive treasure.
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Business, Pages 69 on 02/28/2010
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