downblend

动词 v.
美 /ˈdaʊn.blɛnd/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To blend highly-enriched uranium, typically from decommissioned nuclear weapons, with uranium containing a low concentration of fissile uranium-235 (slightly-enriched uranium, natural uranium, or depleted uranium) in order to convert it to low-enriched uranium suitable for use as fuel in standard power reactors but not usable for a fission bomb. transitive,usually
    — The facility has the capacity to downblend 5 tonnes of bomb-grade uranium per year.

词形变化

downblends present,singular,third-person downblending participle,present downblended participle,past downblended past

词汇关系

反义词
enrich

词源

Blend of down + blend.
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