Eating off uranium glass poses minimal risks, according to Paul W. Frame, a senior health physicist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and no special treatment is required when disposing of it.

Uranium glass is relatively affordable, which makes it a fun item for burgeoning collectors. Like vintage Pyrex , you’ll occasionally stumble across a super-rare piece, which drives the value up ...

A popular colorant used worldwide, uranium peaked in popularity in the United States between 1958 and 1978, when more than 4 million pieces of decorative uranium glass were manufactured, according ...

Eating off uranium glass poses minimal risks, according to Paul W. Frame, a senior health physicist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and no special treatment is required when disposing of it.

The powdered uranium glass then goes into a graphite-coated plaster mold, which was made from a silicone mold, which in turn came from a 3D print.

Uranium, at the time, was a regulated substance. From about 1943 until 1958, because of the events of World War II and the Cold War, U.S. officials did not allow the production of uranium glass ...

In the first half of the 20th century, glass and ceramic makers used uranium compounds as pigments. These radioactive compounds gave desirable green and yellow tints to myriad household items, ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - This week, Jeff strikes uranium for just the second time but realizes a Tupperware find wasn’t as good as he thought. Jeff: I found this at an estate sale and thought it was ...

BITS ‘N’ PIECESAlthough uranium is often associated with atomic bombs and nuclear disasters, for much of its history, it was just another colouring agent. German chemist Martin Heinrich ...