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enriched uranium
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Noun
enriched uranium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
- Antonyms: DU, depleted uranium
- Hypernyms: U, uranium
- Hyponyms: LEU, low-enriched uranium, HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, SEU, slightly enriched uranium, HEU, highly enriched uranium
- Coordinate terms: NU, natural uranium
Translations
uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
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