DR Congo's Cobalt Boom Carries Unwanted Uranium, Posing Proliferation Risk

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30 July 2026 at 7:34 pm

DR Congo's Cobalt Boom Carries Unwanted Uranium, Posing Proliferation Risk

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt mining boom is inadvertently bringing an unwanted cargo of radioactive uranium, posing a proliferation risk in the region that historically supplied material for atomic bombs.

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