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yellowcake in American English
noun: a processed oxide of uranium, U3O8, extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, esp. fuel elements in nuclear reactors

yellowcake in British English
a uranium concentrate, primarily (NH4)2U2 O7 or Na2U2O7, obtained by the extraction of uranium from ores
noun: semirefined uranium ore

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