Is the uranium processed into “yellowcake” at the recovery site?
No. The uranium we extract is not yellowcake, nor will it ever be processed at the Centennial Project site into yellowcake. Resin beads loaded with the natural uranium will be transported from the Centennial Project to a central processing plant, most likely located in eastern Wyoming. There, the uranium is stripped from the loaded resin, precipitated and dried, yielding a uranium oxide product (U3O8) with a rich yellow color, called “yellowcake. The resin beads are returned to the ISR site and reused in the recovery process.
