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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about zirconium, a key part of a nuclear reactor. While very important, this element has the possibility to be incredibly dangerous, resulting in incidents such as those that occurred in Chernobyl and Fukushima.

Naturally occurring zirconium is found mainly in the form of the silicate mineral, zircon. Which country, that is especially important to the professor, is one of the world´s main sources of zirconium?

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