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any other use case which doesn't involve burning it or aerosolizing it creates no health hazard

That doesn't sound quite right:

"Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because, besides being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal. Uranium is also a reproductive toxicant. ...Uranium metal is commonly handled with gloves..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Human_exposure



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