yellowcake in English

noun
1
impure uranium oxide obtained during processing of uranium ore.
The natural uranium and yellowcake stored at Tuwaitha was not nuclear bomb grade material.

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1. Building 2 contains only yellowcake and ammonium diuranate (ADU) waste.

2. The resulting mixture, called yellowcake, contains at least 75% uranium oxides U3O8.

3. It is refined from yellowcake (U3O8), then converted to uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6).

4. He's working for Malin... who's been stockpiling yellowcake uranium for a major sale.

5. There's been a rash of thefts of nuclear material especially yellowcake, over the last three months.

6. Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage, so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians.

7. Yellowcake is used in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors and in uranium enrichment, one of the essential steps for creating nuclear weapons.