enriched uranium
noun1
Chemistry, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, War Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
- The US supply of enriched uranium to Europe is expected to reach a saturation point in 1981 – and by that time the centrifuge should be able to deliver the goods to a Europe very poor in energy supply and very dependent on Middle East oil.1973, Johan Galtung, “The military aspect”, in The European Community: A Superpower in the Making, Oslo; London: Universitetsforlaget; George Allen & Unwin, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 107: