downblend
To blend highly-enriched uranium, typically from decommissioned nuclear weapons, with…To blend highly-enriched uranium, typically from decommissioned nuclear weapons, with uranium containing a low concentration of fissile uranium-235 (slightly-enriched uranium, natural uranium, or depleted uranium) in order to convert it to low-enriched uranium suitable for use as fuel in standard power reactors but not usable for a fission bomb.
Meaning
1 senses(usually)To blend highly-enriched uranium, typically from decommissioned nuclear weapons, with uranium containing a low concentration of fissile uranium-235 (slightly-enriched uranium, natural uranium, or depleted uranium) in order to convert it to low-enriched uranium suitable for use as fuel in standard power reactors but not usable for a fission bomb.
The facility has the capacity to downblend 5 tonnes of bomb-grade uranium per year.
Origin
Blend of down + blend.Blend of down + blend.
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Forms
downblends, downblending, downblended, downblended| Base form | downblend · to downblend |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | downblends |
| Present participle | downblending |
| Past simple | downblended |
| Past participle | downblended |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle