reprocessing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of reprocess
noun
  1. A second or subsequent processing.
  2. The process of extracting useful or valuable materials from used nuclear fuel, mainly focusing on the recovery of fissile and fertile material for use in fresh nuclear reactor fuel, or, in some cases, the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

Word forms

reprocessing reprocessings
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