oxide fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofoxideandfuel

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oxide
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɒk.saɪd/us
/ˈɑːk.saɪd/
a chemical combination of oxygen and one ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofoxideandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The biogas would then have been passed through a specially developed tubular solidoxidefuelcell that generates electricity directly.
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Irradiatedoxidefuelis stored for a number of years, in most cases in ponds, to reduce the heat and radioactivity before reprocessing takes place.
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The company's construction of anoxidefuelreprocessing plant is subject to a planning inquiry, and this legislation is without prejudice to that.
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These figures do not include the reprocessing ofoxidefuelfrom the prototype fast reactor.
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Mixedoxidefuelcan be used in either thermal or fast reactors for generating electricity.
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It is clearly to establish the possibility of the reprocessing of theoxidefuelfor the production of uranium for the fast breeder.
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We can burn it, as mixedoxidefuel, in nuclear reactors.
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I wish to mention the reprocessing of theoxidefuel.
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The question is therefore whether we reprocessoxidefuel.
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The processing ofoxidefuelis a development of major importance which needs to be studied with proper care.
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Shouldoxidefuelfrom nuclear reactors be reprocessed in this country at all?
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One option is to use some of this plutonium to fabricate mixedoxidefuelto burn in civil nuclear reactors to generate electricity.
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The increasing trade in mixedoxidefuelis of particular concern.
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There is also a certain amount of interest in mixing the plutonium with the uranium for a mixedoxidefuel.
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Plutonium may be used as a mixedoxidefuelfor thermal reactors to produce electricity and for incineration in fast reactors to produce electricity.
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A small amount came from a pilotoxidefuelhead-end plant which ceased operation during 1973.
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The third proposal, on the other hand, which is concerned with the reprocessing ofoxidefuel, raises different issues of major importance.
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Mixedoxidefuelincorporating plutonium oxide is one option, subject to meeting the appropriate regulatory requirements including those in respect of safeguards.
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The third proposal on the other hand which is concerned with the reprocessing ofoxidefuelraises different issues of major importance.
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The relatively innocuous-sounding "reprocessing ofoxidefuel" will produce plutonium, and it is plutonium that causes the interest in this matter.
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