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yellowcake [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Nuclear Physics
CONT

Canadian nuclear power facilities use domestically produced fuel products, based on natural uranium. Uranium processing and fabricating facilities typically refine uranium ore concentrate (generally called yellowcake) into fuel bundles through several processing stages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Physique nucléaire
CONT

Les installations canadiennes de production d'énergie nucléaire utilisent des combustibles produits au pays à partir d'uranium naturel. Les installations de traitement et de fabrication d'uranium raffinent généralement les concentrés de minerai d'uranium (appelés communément «yellowcake») en grappes de combustible par un traitement en plusieurs étapes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
DEF

Applied to certain uranium concentrates produced by mills.

OBS

[Yellow cake] is the final precipitate formed in the milling process. Usually considered to be ammonium diuranate, (NH4)2U2O7, or sodium diuranate, Na2U2O7, but the composition is variable and depends on the precipitating conditions.

OBS

yellow cake: Industry term for "milled uranium".

OBS

Related term: uranium concentrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
DEF

Précipité jaune d'uranate.

CONT

L'uranium est extrait chimiquement sous forme d'uranates de couleur jaune, appelés «yellow cake», et de faible granulométrie (quelques centaines de microns).

OBS

Le terme «gâteau jaune» est tiré d'un dictionnaire de néologismes. Son emploi ne semble pas s'être répandu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minerales radioactivos (Minas metálicas)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Ciencia y tecnología nucleares
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Record 3 1996-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

A common form of triuranium octoxide, U308 ... which is the powder obtained by evaporating an ammonia solution of the oxide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
CONT

L'étape minière du cycle du combustible s'achève avec la production de concentré d'uranium, sous forme d'oxyde; l'U3O8, encore appelé «yellow cake», qui titre 70 % d'uranium, et qui est l'objet de transactions commerciales. [...] Le yellow cake est converti en hexafluorure d'uranium [...]

Key term(s)
  • oxyde salin d'uranium

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minerales radioactivos (Minas metálicas)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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