Manhattan Project: Processes > Uranium Mining, Milling,
2022year3month9day · Uranium Mining. Uranium Milling and Refining. Uranium Hazards and Wastes. The path from raw uranium ore to a form ready for final use in piles, reactors, or the enrichment process flows through many branching steps. The first step, called milling, changed raw ore into uranium concentrate, either black oxide (uranium oxide, U3O8) or