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slightly enriched uranium

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
slight-ly en-riched u-ra-ni-um
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enriched uranium with 0.9-2% uranium-235, requiring a special moderator with very low neutron absorption (such as heavy water or high-purity graphite) in order to sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction; used to increase power output and efficiency in a few types of nuclear reactors capable of running on natural uranium and for downblending of highly-enriched uranium from decommissioned nuclear weapons into low-enriched uranium suitable for use in commercial power reactors.

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Usage

Frequently Paired Words

SEU slightly-enriched uranium LEU low-enriched uranium HALEU w:high-assay low-enriched uranium HEU highly enriched uranium

Questions

What does slightly enriched uranium mean?
Enriched uranium with 0.9-2% uranium-235, requiring a special moderator with very low neutron absorption (such as heavy water or high-purity graphite) in order to sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction; used to increase power output and efficiency in a few types of nuclear reactors capable of running on natural uranium and for downblending of highly-enriched uranium from decommissioned nuclear weapons into low-enriched uranium suitable for use in commercial power reactors.

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