Uranium

Uranium was a radioactive heavy metal used to power facilities. The decay of uranium, when occurring within a planet, heated the rock of the planet's crust.
The planet Ruusan had significant deposits of uranium, as did Sullust's moon, Sulon. Moorjhone was home to uranium mines run by Rim Commercial Mining which supplied uranium to power plants from Coruscant to the Tingel Arm during the Clone Wars. Han Solo once won a half-million credit uranium mine in a sabacc game. However, the accounts were so crooked that he was lucky to escape prosecution when the shareholders investigated the business.Rebel Dawn At some point, he owned a two-million-credit uranium mine that he lost playing sabacc.
Hoersch-Kessel ion engines, the most popular ion drive in the galaxy, could be converted to draw power from uranium and other heavy metals by breaking down the elements.The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition Starfighter fuel cells were comprised of refined radioactive metal mixes,The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition including plutonium and uranium.The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook The biology of an Exogorth contained a uranium-based metabolism.Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
==Behind the scenes==
In The Star Wars Sourcebook, uranium is stated to be one of the best sources to power a Hoersch-Kessel ion drive. When the information was reprinted in the second edition of the sourcebook, this information was updated to state that the Hoersch-Kessel ion drive could be converted to draw power from uranium and other heavy metals but was primarily powered by power cells and power generators.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Maul: Lockdown 
*Darth Maul—Death Sentence 1 
*Rebel Dawn
*Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire 
*The Bounty Hunter 
*Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 
*Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
==Sources==
*The Star Wars Sourcebook 
*Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
*The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
*The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
*Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
*Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
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