enriched uranium

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Noun

enriched uranium (uncountable)

  2. (chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
    Antonyms: DU, depleted uranium
    Hypernyms: U, uranium
    Hyponyms: LEU, low-enriched uranium, HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, SEU, slightly enriched uranium, HEU, highly enriched uranium
    Coordinate terms: NU, natural uranium

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