enriched uranium

noun

Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

Opposite
DUdepleted uranium
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Meanings

nounenriched uranium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryUranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

    The US supply of enriched uranium to Europe is expected to reach a saturation point in 1981 – and by that time the centrifuge should be able to deliver the goods to a Europe very poor in energy supply and very dependent on Middle East oil.

    1973, Johan Galtung, “The military aspect”, in The European Community: A Superpower in the Making, Oslo; London: Universitetsforlaget; George Allen & Unwin, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 107

    Antonyms: DU, depleted uranium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounUranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

Opposite
DUdepleted uranium

Translations

Afrikaans verrykte uraan
  • verrykte uraanuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Arabic يُورَانِيُوم مُخَصَّب
  • يُورَانِيُوم مُخَصَّب (yūrāniyūm muḵaṣṣab)uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Chinese Mandarin 濃縮鈾 /浓缩铀
  • 濃縮鈾 /浓缩铀 (nóngsuōyóu)uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Finnish väkevöity uraani
  • väkevöity uraaniuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
French uranium enrichi
  • uranium enrichiuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
German angereichertes Uran
  • angereichertes Uranuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Icelandic auðgað úran
  • auðgað úranuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Italian uranio arricchito
  • uranio arricchitouranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Japanese 濃縮ウラン
  • 濃縮ウラン (nōshuku uran)uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Norwegian Bokmål anriket uran
  • anriket uranuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Polish wzbogacony uran
  • wzbogacony uranuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Russian обогащённый ура́н
  • обогащённый ура́н (obogaščónnyj urán)uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Swedish anrikat uran
  • anrikat uranuranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
Ukrainian збага́чений ура́н
  • збага́чений ура́н (zbaháčenyj urán)uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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