For 10 points, name this element whose ores include pitchblende, which is often made into fuel for nuclear reactors.
The gathering of this resource poses a potential threat to the farming industry around the Swakop River. A collection of this resource with unusual characteristics was discovered in the Oklo region of Gabon. A New York Times op-ed about this resource titled "What I Didn't Find in Africa" was written by Joseph C. Wilson. The Rössing Mine makes Namibia a top exporter of this resource. Allegations that the country of Niger (nee-ZHAIR) supplied this resource to Saddam Hussein surrounded a CIA scandal nicknamed "Plamegate." Shinkolobwe in the southern Congo supplied this resource to the Manhattan Project. For 10 points, name this element whose ores include pitchblende, which is often made into fuel for nuclear reactors.
The gathering of this resource poses a potential threat to the farming industry around the Swakop River.
uranium [or U; accept pitchblende until it is read; or yellowcake] &lt;Shimizu&gt;