depleted uranium en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is a byproduct of uranium enrichment; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties (for example, its high density).
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enriched uranium · w:high-assay low-enriched uranium · SEU · slightly enriched uranium · highly enriched uranium · HEU · LEU · low-enriched uranium · HALEU
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ar يُورَانِيُوم مُسْتَنْفَد (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · cmn 貧鈾 /贫铀 (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · ja 劣化ウラン (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · mn ᠬᠠᠨᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠤᠷᠠᠨ (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · it uranio impoverito (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · cmn 貧化鈾 /贫化铀 (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · ar يُورَانِيُوم مُنْضَب (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · is rýrt úran (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · fr uranium appauvri (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · sv utarmat uran (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · uk збіднений уран (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · de abgereichertes Uran (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · ru обеднённый ура́н (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · fi köyhdytetty uraani (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · is sneytt úran (uranium that contains reduced U-235) · mn ханасан уран (uranium that contains reduced U-235)