Democratic Republic of Congo Cobalt Exports Contain Massive Volumes of Undeclared Uranium

By Ameya Paleja · Interesting Engineering · 2026-07-30

According to Interesting Engineering, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Princeton discovered that millions of pounds of radioactive material were shipped out of the DRC over a twenty-four-year period. This uranium was likely extracted unintentionally as a byp

According to Interesting Engineering, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Princeton discovered that millions of pounds of radioactive material were shipped out of the DRC over a twenty-four-year period. This uranium was likely extracted unintentionally as a byp