So. Uranium hurts. A lot. And my bot's can't reach far enough yet to place miners from a safe distance... am i missing something?

Yes :)
Don't give up, our mod isn't difficult look what tools u have available

I mean, aside from armour with radiation resistance, is there anything else? Or is just a matter of dashing in and out with the best armour?

I'm using power armor with 3 tier 1 shield generator, unless I actually pick it up it will not hurt me. So can walk around on it all day.

ok, haven't researched that far yet :D

I was getting rads while placing miners but was able to stand away.

Then, once the ore was mined and I started taking rads, I couldn't survive. I ran away, taking rads the whole time until I died.

Gonna try the shield generator with modular armor.

Wish me luck.

I was getting rads while placing miners but was able to stand away.

Then, once the ore was mined and I started taking rads, I couldn't survive. I ran away, taking rads the whole time until I died.

Gonna try the shield generator with modular armor.

Wish me luck.

you can't have any uranium (either the raw stuff or the 235/238) in your inventory. Anywhere else, on belts etc, and you're safe.

I'm using power armor with 3 tier 1 shield generator, unless I actually pick it up it will not hurt me. So can walk around on it all day.

I have a power armor with three mk2 shields in it and still get a lots of damage. They are empty after 5 seconds and are not able to recharge this fast.

What do I miss here? The wiki is no help here as well :(

I was just building all the uranium processing stuff quickly with pauses to recover and took care never to carry uranium in the inventory for long. That wasn't too difficult, but is there a better way?

Use a vehicle for early game transport. Bots and trains for mid-game transport.

Don't stand around in it. Just dash in and place your miners and dash out. Better armor helps with taking less damage.

I was a bit wondering about the "can walk around on it all day" what Zukabazuka said. Thought something was wrong on my side but then I think it's jsut normal.

I was also expecting some kind of radiation suit but don't think there is any (yet). Just use bots and turn off your personal roboport :)...

Modular armor + small portable generator + shield generator + personal battery are EXTREMELY cheap and you can craft them much sooner than you need uranium ore. With this + fish or first aid kit you can easily setup uranium processing.

I used the 'starter kit' mode which gaves me bots and personal roboport from the start ...
I basically dumped some ghosts of what i wanted for miners/bets/yada yada, dashed in to activate the bots and ran out again, as you don't have to stay in range once the bots have been sent out.
Then marked out a 'safety line' with hazard concrete around the patch for future reference :D

I used a roboport. Not the personal, I mean the stationary one, since the range is far higher. It covers the entire uranium field.