Yellowcake

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This is what it looks like. Not for eating!

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Yellowcake is a delicious flour-based sweet step in the processing of raw uranium ores. It's made by crushing uranium ore into powder, adding a bunch of acidic and basic compounds, taking that ugly mix of liquids, and drying it out. Yellowcake (U₃O₈) is what's left after drying out the liquid. Most yellowcake is further processed - first into UF₆ to separate some uranium-235, a process known as uranium enrichment, and then into UO₂, which is used in nuclear fuel.

Despite the delicious-sounding name, yellowcake is not for eating. (Nor does it give you Czech Neck.)

In the wake of disarming Iraq, some neo-Roman Italian spies uncovered some brilliant documents that showed how the evil Saddam Hussein tried to buy yellowcake from Niger. The only problem with these documents was that - you guessed it - they were forged.

See also

• Iraq War
• Valerie Plame Affair

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