low-enriched
adjective
(Of uranium) enriched so as to contain less than twenty per cent uranium-235; (of a reactor) employing such uranium.
- Low-enriched uranium is suitable for use in nuclear power, but must be further enriched for use in nuclear weapons..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Nuclear Reactor Development.
- accessory nerve
- accessory plume
- accessory shoe
- access provider
- access road
- access time
- acciaccatura
- accidence
- accidency
- accident
- accidental
- accidentalism
- accidentalist
- accidentality
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose
- accidentalness
- accidental point
- accident and emergency
- accident black spot
- accident compensation
- accident damage
- accidented
- accidential
- accidentiality