Who Wants Yellowcake?

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 14:28 in Physics & Chemistry

It turns out that when Lehman Brothers went belly-up last fall, it was left with a lot more than just irate investors and billions of dollars in debt. One of the bank’s remaining assets is a sizable supply of yellowcake—the type of uranium that is enriched for use in nuclear reactors and weapons. read more

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