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A study of uranium is made as an energy resource and a comparison with other fuels and biomass, the cost / benefit of nuclear energy and the accidents produced by the different types of energy are analyzed. It shows the use of different forms of use of depleted uranium (238U) to increase the useful life of nuclear fuel. Finally, the company U3O8corp shows the current mining of uranium in Colombia under the only exploitation project. With this study it can be concluded that nuclear energy is considered safe with respect to accidents and fatal deaths in the conversion of the other types of energy to obtain electrical energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]