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Downblend

//ˈdaʊn.blɛnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    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. transitive, usually

    "The facility has the capacity to downblend 5 tonnes of bomb-grade uranium per year."

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Blend of down + blend.

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