spent fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofspentandfuel

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spent
adjective
uk
/spent/us
/spent/
Something that is spent has been used so that it no longer has any power ...
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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 ofspentandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Spentfuelelements from submarines and other defence reactors produce very small heat outputs which are readily absorbed by immersion in water.
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Spentfuelis not nuclear waste unless it is designated for direct disposal.
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Spentfuelgenerated by nuclear plants today can easily be used as fuel in fourth-generation molten-salt reactors.
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Spentfuelhas to be transported in packages which are too heavy to be economically transported by air.
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Spentfuelmanagement is left to companies' commercial judgment, not their environmental judgment, or a judgment based on thoughts of international security.
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Spentfuelis reprocessed, the resulting wastes need to be treated and ultimately disposed of and nuclear plant has to be decommissioned.
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A typical flask could contain up to 2.2 tonnes ofspentfuel.
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The report talks specifically of waste from 1,500 tonnes ofspentfuelas being the result of pre-1976 contracts.
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The facility stopped receivingspentfuelduring 1992.
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The generators have removed many of the uncertainties about the costs of managingspentfueland waste and decommissioning plant.
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To move from storingspentfuelelements in water to storing them in gas and/or air would again require much further study.
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The second question is whether storage ofspentfuelas opposed to reprocessing is a practicable alternative.
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What is happening to thespentfuelin these reactors which are now dotted across the globe?
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Thespentfuelwill have to be reprocessed in a plant which has not yet been designed or built.
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It was suggested that this would not close any of our options so long as thespentfuelwas stored for future retrieval.
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It is both obvious and sensible to make use of indigenous fuel, namely, plutonium, the byproduct ofspentfuelreprocessing.
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The decision to reprocessspentfuelis taken by the owners of the fuel on safety, technical and economic grounds.
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There have been no accidents involving escape of radioactivity during the transport ofspentfuel.
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In other words, one can go straight fromspentfuelto vitrification or deep burial.
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Thespentfuelcontains a range of fission products including technetium-99.
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