yellowcake
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oʊˌkeɪk noun
a processed oxide of uranium, U 3 O 8 , extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.
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| yellowcake | |
noun | |
| an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore |
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Yellowcake
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Example sentences
The yellowcake is converted into uranium hexafluoride gas at a special facility and loaded into cylinders.
It has converted yellowcake into uranium hexafluoride gas.
The mill, with the exception of the dryer, and yellowcake area has been decontaminated.
The yellowcake is separated from the precipitation solution by filtration.
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