| deplete |
consume: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
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| depleted uranium |
spend uranium, an isotope of uranium used for shielding sources. It is slightly radioactive, but its activity is slightly radioactive, but its activity is insignificant and does not add to any radiation leakage from the shielded source
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| depleted uranium |
It is what is left over when most of the highly radioactive types (isotopes) of uranium are removed for use as nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons. The depleted uranium used in armor-piercing munitions and in enhanced armor protection for some Abrams tanks is also used in civilian industry, primarily for stabilizers in airplanes and boats.
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| depleted uranium |
Uranium having a percentage of Uranium-235 smaller than the 0.7% found in natural uranium. It is obtained from spent (used) fuel elements or as a byproduct tails or residues from uranium isotope separation.
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| deplete |
The depletion of additives expressed as an approximate percentage.
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