nuclear fuel
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A radioactive material, such as uranium, used to power a nuclear reactor.
Example Sentences
- "For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage."