reprocessing plantnoun [ C ]
uk/riːˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ ˌplɑːnt/us/riːˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ ˌplænt/a place where materials are changed so that they can be used again:
At the nuclear reprocessing plant they extract plutonium from spent atomic fuel rods.
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