used fuel

collocation in English

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used
adjective
uk
/juːst/us
/juːst/
to be familiar with something ...
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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 ofusedandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the rotation farmusedfuelfor cutting, raking and baling of alfalfa that was not needed in either the conventional or the no-till system.
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The safety ofusedfuelcores, both on board decommissioned submarines and stored on land, has been confirmed by rigorous independent safety assessments.
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So far as the proposed new overseas contracts are concerned the first deliveries ofusedfuelwould be in 1979 or later.
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No decision has yet been taken on whether to reprocess thisusedfuelwhich will continue to be held in safe storage.
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Theusedfuelelements are treated to recover these two chemical elements.
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Theusedfuelcore is held safely in a dedicated core pond within the establishment.
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The next most widelyusedfuelis electricity.
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It was designed and built to reprocessusedfuelfrom advanced gas-cooled and light-water nuclear reactors.
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The waste that is separated from theusedfuelin processing has slightly less radioactivity and less toxicity than the fuel from which it comes.
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I have never been able to understand, even before the increase in the price of fuel oil, why diesel was not a much more widelyusedfuelfor motor transportation.
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According to one paper the following difference between the cladding failure mode of unused andusedfuelwas seen.
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Since a typical used nuclear fuel contains about 3% fission products, one ton ofusedfuelwill contain about 1.9 kg of ruthenium.
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The legislation also required the waste owners to establish segregated trust funds to finance the long term management of theusedfuel.
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Inusedfuelthe solid state structure of most of the solid remains the same as that of pure cubic uranium dioxide.
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Due to the intensely radioactive nature of theusedfuelthis is done in a hot cell.
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The proposed habitats range from the actual spacecraft landers or theirusedfueltanks, to inflatable modules of various shapes.
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It is important to distinguish the processing of uranium to make fuel from the reprocessing ofusedfuel.
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Therefore, as typicalusedfuelis 3% fission products by weight, it will contain about 400 grams of rhodium per ton ofusedfuel.
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This meant that gravity assisted the process ofusedfuelremoval, and avoided the need for lifting machinery to be inserted into the active core for on-load refuelling.
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The tourists have increasinglyusedfuelwood for cooking.
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