enriched uranium

English

Noun

enriched uranium (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a 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

• Afrikaans: verrykte uraan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濃縮鈾／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 (sv) n
• Ukrainian: збага́чений ура́н m (zbaháčenyj urán)

See also

• depleted uranium
• SEU
• LEU
• HEU