Milling of uranium

Milling of uranium
  The processing of uranium from ore mined by conventional methods, such as underground or open-pit methods, to separate the uranium from the undesired material in the ore.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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