yellowcake
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- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊˌkeɪk/
- Specialized
- We saw fake documents used by the White House to claim that Iraq was trying to secure yellowcake uranium.
- uranium yellowcake
- purchase yellowcake
- yellowcake deal
Examples
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You see, over the July 4th weekend, US troops removed over 550 tons of yellowcake from Iraq.
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Five hundred tons of yellowcake is not an off-the-books size transaction.
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Uh, I need your trace report on yellowcake in five minutes.
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How solid is your intel on the mine and this yellowcake sale?
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Ambassador Wilson, what do you know about yellowcake?
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South Africa agreed to supply $700 million of yellowcake to Iran.
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People told me for years that in his State of the Union speech in 2003, Bush mentioned Iraq trying to buy yellowcake from Niger.
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He's referring specifically to yellowcake from Niger.
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Wilson was sent to Niger to investigate yellowcake sales, not WMDs, just yellowcake.
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The nuclear facility receives shipments of yellowcake to use in the production of fuel rods.
Synonyms
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An impure radioactive powder made from uranium ore used in a step before making nuclear fuel
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Etymology
Yellowcake is simply yellow + cake, because the concentrated uranium powder looks like a yellow 'cake', meaning a solid lump. That's why yellowcake refers to the yellow uranium powder made during ore processing and used before making nuclear fuel.