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yellow cake

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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semirefined uranium ore; uranium oxide concentrate.

Quotations

1957

The wealth is "yellow cake," semi-refined uranium ore; over the next five years the . . . Eldorado Mining and Refining Company has guaranteed to buy more than a billion dollars worth. . . .

1962

. . . Canadians plunged joyfully into a crash program to supply the heavy "yellow cake" . . . to the U.S. . . .