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CO-CONVERSION [2 records]

Record 1 2015-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Coconversion of the purified plutonium and uranium mixture to solid form is carried out to give a product suitable for manufacture into mixed oxide fuel ...

Key term(s)
  • co-conversion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Procédé de fabrication d'une poudre de cristaux d'oxyde mixte d'uranium et de plutonium à partir d'une solution liquide de ces deux éléments.

CONT

La coconversion, qui est généralement mise en œuvre après la coextraction, ne permet pas d'isoler le plutonium [mais] permet de recycler une partie du combustible et d'obtenir ainsi un combustible neuf.

OBS

coconversion : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 23 septembre 2015.

Key term(s)
  • co-conversion

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
  • Energy Transformation
DEF

The burning of biomass blended with fossil fuel such as pelleted or briquetted sawdust with coal, which may have advantages of burning with a hotter flame, diluting of pollutants (sulfur) in coal, and providing a more complete combustion of biomass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
  • Transformation de l'énergie

Spanish

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