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low-enriched uranium en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:nuclear physics, uncountable) Enriched uranium with at least 2% but less than 20% uranium-235, enough to sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction in a nuclear reactor moderated by light water but not enough to allow a self-sustaining fission chain reaction without a moderator; used as the main nuclear fuel in most commercial nuclear reactors used to generate electricity.

Coordinates

weapons-grade uranium · natural uranium · DU · depleted uranium · highly enriched uranium · HEU · SEU · slightly enriched uranium · NU

Deriveds

high-assay low-enriched uranium

Hypernyms

uranium · enriched uranium · mul:U

Relateds

LEU

Translations (1)

fi matalarikasteinen uraani (low-enriched uranium)