enriched uranium

English

Noun

enriched uranium (uncountable)

(chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a much higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

Derived terms

slightly-enriched uranium (SEU)
low-enriched uranium (LEU)
highly-enriched uranium (HEU)

Translations

uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235

Chinese:
Mandarin: 濃縮鈾 (zh), 浓缩铀 (zh) (nóngsuōyóu)
Finnish: väkevöity uraani
French: uranium enrichi (fr) m
German: angereichertes Uran n
Icelandic: auðgað úran n

Italian: uranio arricchito m
Japanese: 濃縮ウラン (nōshuku uran)
Polish: wzbogacony uran m
Russian: обогащённый ура́н m (obogaščónnyj urán)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: anrikat uran n

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