process of uranium ore in australia

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June 28, 2014

 

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The crushed ore is usually poured into an acid, which dissolves the uranium, but not the rest of the crushed rock. The acid solution is drained off and dried, leaving a yellow powder called "yellowcake," consisting mostly of uranium. This process of removing uranium from the ore is called uranium milling...
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The next step in the cycle is the conversion of the yellowcake into a gas called uranium hexafluoride, or UF6. The uranium hexafluoride is then shipped to a gaseous diffusion plant for enrichment. Enrichment. Because less than one percent of uranium ore contains uranium-235, the form used for energy production, uranium must be treated to increase the concentration of uranium-235...
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