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DEPLETED URANIUM [2 records]

Record 1 2021-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Atomic Physics
OBS

A by-product of uranium enrichment.

OBS

DU is mildly radioactive, about 60% less radioactive than natural uranium.

OBS

depleted uranium; DU: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Physique atomique
OBS

Sous-produit de l'enrichissement de l'uranium.

OBS

Il est peu radioactif et environ 60 % moins radioactif que l'uranium naturel.

OBS

uranium appauvri; UA : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2006-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

Uranium having less than the natural content of the easily fissionable uranium-235, e.g. the residue from an enrichment plant or some reactors.

CONT

Depleted uranium consists of little else but the heavier isotope238U, and it has certain specialized applications such as for calorimetry in high-energy particle physics and for making armour-piercing shells.

OBS

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.

OBS

depleted uranium: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Uranium dans lequel la proportion de l'isotope 235 est inférieure à celle de l'uranium naturel, soit 0,72 %.

OBS

S'entend au sens du paragraphe 150 du Règlement de l'AIEA. [Règlement sur l'emballage et le transport des substances nucléaires]

OBS

uranium appauvri : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
DEF

Se denomina empobrecido el uranio cuya concentración en uranio 235, única materia fisible que contiene, es inferior a la existente en estado natural.

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