reprocessing facility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreprocessingandfacility
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reprocessing
noun[U]
uk/ˌriːˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/us/ˌriːˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
an industrial process that used material is put through so that it can be ...
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facility
noun
uk/fəˈsɪl.ə.ti/us/fəˈsɪl.ə.t̬i/
a place, especially including buildings, where a particular ...
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If we are to minimise waste, we must examine our attitude to reprocessing and question whether we really need areprocessingfacilityin this country.
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The fact is that we need thereprocessingfacilityfor our programme.
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There is a pollution risk from the discharge of areprocessingfacilityand a risk of proliferation in the military sphere.
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The spent nuclear fuelreprocessingfacilityappeared to still be under construction in 1992.
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To comply with this directive we must ship packaging waste overseas or build more reprocessing facilities and export the empty packaging, which is uneconomic.
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These reactors have required a corresponding development of fuel fabrication and reprocessing facilities, where important export orders have also been obtained.
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No reprocessing facilities exist for naval fuel, and we have no plans to establish any.
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We are particularly concerned about unsafeguarded enrichment or reprocessing facilities in such countries.
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It is a much more limited sum for the improvement and refurbishing of the reprocessing facilities.
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A nuclear generation programme without nuclear reprocessing facilities is like owning a car without having access to a filling station or a garage.
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Dounreay is an installation of extraordinary interest, when one takes into account the reprocessing facilities and engineering and research facilities that are connected with it.
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Reprocessing facilities may require further sorting steps to further reduce the amount of non-target and non-recyclable material.
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Currently, thirteen states possess operational enrichment or reprocessing facilities, and several others have expressed an interest in developing indigenous enrichment programs.
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Nuclear waste is stored on site at reprocessing facilities.
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