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单词 uranium enrichment
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uranium enrichment
uranium enrichment n. the process of increasing the abundance in uranium of the fissile isotope uranium-235, typically to make it suitable for use in nuclear power or nuclear weapons; frequently attributive.Natural uranium is made up of about 0.72% uranium-235. Enriched uranium used in nuclear power generation typically contains 3–5% uranium-235; that used in nuclear weapons typically contains over 85% uranium-235. The chief methods used for uranium enrichment are gaseous diffusion and gas centrifugation of uranium hexafluoride.
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1952 Chem. Week 23 Feb. 17/2 Vitro Chemical Co. may add facilities for tungsten ore processing to its present uranium enrichment plant in Salt Lake City.
1978 S. Hoffmann Primacy or World Order iv. 153 Numerous technical possibilities are now available: plutonium reactors, new methods of uranium enrichment, new reactors with natural uranium, the development of fast breeder reactors.
1989 Bull. Atomic Scientists Dec. 43/1 The Soviet Union, now phasing out plutonium production, halted uranium enrichment this year.
2008 Metro 28 Apr. (London ed.) 16/2 UN sanctions imposed on Iran over its uranium enrichment programme.
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