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depleted uranium

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ID 708980 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain applied nuclear scienceradioactive materials
  • uranium having less than the natural content of the easily fissionable uranium 235, e.g. the residue from an enrichment plant or some reactors
  • natural uranium from which most of the uranium-235 has been removed. It can be used as a heavy metal in ballistic missiles and as a fertile material in a fast-breeder reactor.
vaesestatud uraan
depleted uranium
Usage examples
  • Depleted uranium consists of little else but the heavier isotope (superscript 238)U, and it has certain specialized applications such as for calorimetry in high-energy particle physics and for making armour-piercing shells. Use: Balance weights for aircraft, high-speed rotors in gyro-compasses, gamma-radiation shielding, radio-isotope transportation casks, and fuel element transfer casks, in general as structural material applicable to radiation shielding.
uranium appauvri
abgereichertes Uran
köyhdytetty uraani

Militerm | riigikaitseterminite andmebaas

ID 528432 Last modified 17.12.2020
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Domain Weapons and Weapon Systems -> Nuclear Weapons
vaesustatud uraan preferred
depleted uranium preferred
uranium appauvri preferred
  • vähendatud U235 isotoobi sisaldusega uraan
  • uranium metal with reduced content of Uranium 235
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  • Sõjanduses kasutatakse seda suure tiheduse tõttu eelkõige soomustõrjemürskudes, soomustusena jm tööstuslikel otstarvetel.
Good to know
  • The high density of this material has resulted in military employment principally for armour piercing shells and as armour; it also has industrial applications.
vaesustatud uraan preferred
depleted uranium preferred
uranium appauvri preferred

Tuumaenergia ja kiirguskaitse terminibaas

ID 583199 Last modified 19.01.2021
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Domain Nuclear Technology & Nuclear Industrynuclear energy
  • uraan, milles U-235 isotoobi osakaal on väiksem kui looduslikus uraanis
  • uranium in which the content of the uranium-235 isotope is less than in natural uranium
  • uranium containing a lesser mass percentage of U-235 than is present in natural uranium

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