2026-03-27 16:06:22
Iran claims that the US and Israel attacked the "yellow cake" production facility, with no radioactive material leakage.
BlockBeats message, March 28, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization announced that the “yellow cake” production plant located in Ardakan City, Yazd Province, Iran, was attacked by the U.S. and Israel a few minutes ago. Preliminary investigations show that this incident did not cause any radioactive material to leak outside the complex. (CCTV)
“Yellow cake” is uranium oxide. It is usually extracted from crushed natural uranium ore and is a necessary intermediate product in the process of producing nuclear fuel, but it cannot be directly used in nuclear reactors and is generally used to refine enriched uranium.