Uranium having a smaller percentage of uranium-235 than the 0.7 percent found in natural uranium. It is a by-product of the uranium enrichment process, during which uranium-235 is culled from one batch of uranium, thereby depleting it, and then added to another batch to increase its concentrations of uranium-235.
Uranium in which the proportion of uranium 235 to total uranium of all isotopes is decreased from 0.72% to a lower value.
Uranium consisting predominantly of non-fissile uranium.
uranium containing less 0.7% uranium-235, the amount found natural uranium (See also enriched uranium.) Uranium return to: [] [ Click "BackButton" for previous location
uranium in which the 235 isotope concentration (235 is its only fissile isotope) is lower than in naturally occurring uranium (0.72% by mass). It is generally obtained either as a coproduct of an enrichment operation (about 0.3% of 235U), or as a by-product (1% of 235U) of spent fuel (re)processing after irradiation in a reactor
Uranium having a U-235 content less than that found in nature (i.e. as a result of uranium enrichment).
Uranium where the U-235 isotope concentration is below the naturally occurring 0.711%.
uranium containing less than 0.7% uranium-235, the amount found in natural uranium. See also enriched uranium.
A mixture of uranium isotopes where uranium-235 represents less than 0.7 percent of the uranium by mass.
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 byproduct tails, or residues, from uranium isotope separation.
Uranium 238 left over after "enrichment." Massive quantities of Depleted Uranium are used in ammunition and tank construction creating a major contamination problem.
After uranium ore is processed to remove most of the fissile isotope (235U), the residual material is referred to as depleted uranium. It is primarily used for purposes requiring high-density material, and is used in weapons fabrication.
Uranium that, through the process of enrichment, has been stripped of most of the uranium-235 it once contained, so that it has more uranium-238 than natural uranium. It is used as shielding, in some parts of nuclear weapons, and as a raw material for plutonium production.
A by-product of uranium enrichment, the most common chemical form of which is depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6). Natural uranium is composed of three isotopes: uranium-238 (99.284 percent); uranium-235 (0.711 percent); and uranium-234 (0.005 percent), all of which are radioactive. The purpose of uranium enrichment is to concentrate uranium-235, the fissile isotope, in one stream. The other stream which is low in uranium-235, is called "depleted uranium," which contains about 0.2 to 0.3 percent uranium-235.
Uranium containing less than 0.71 percent uranium 235. Produced as a by-product of the uranium enrichment process.
Uranium with a lower percentage of uranium-235 than the 0.72% contained in natural uranium. It is produced during uranium isotope separation.
Uranium having less than the natural 0.7% U-235. As a by-product of enrichment in the fuel cycle it generally has 0.25-0.30% U-235, the rest being U-238. Can be blended with highly-enriched uranium (eg from weapons) to make reactor fuel.
uranium left over after enrichment, which is primarily U-238 and lacks U-235
Depleted uranium (DU) is uranium that has a reduced proportion of the isotope Uranium-235. It is mostly made up of Uranium-238. The names Q-metal, depletalloy, and D-38, which once applied to depleted uranium, have fallen into disuse.
