HEU

British  

abbreviation

1. highly enriched uranium

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Example Sentences

The U.S.-led program has helped contain nuclear proliferation and prevent nuclear terrorism by converting 71 reactors in the U.S. and abroad from HEU to LEU fuel, even tiny ones containing only one kilogram of HEU.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Australia is going to rely on the same type of HEU reactors used by the U.S. and British nuclear submarine fleets.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2021

"The point was not just to remove the HEU, but to maintain the facility's scientific capabilities," says Peter Hanlon, assistant deputy administrator for NNSA's office of material management and minimization, who led the U.S. delegation.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 31, 2017

The last of Ukraine’s HEU was shipped out of the country in March 2012—one reason Sherwood-Randall dubbed the Ukrainians nonproliferation “leaders” and “trailblazers.”

From Time • Mar. 12, 2014

When he had hanged this adamant in a cord, he comes back, and gives fire to the touchhole: now the powder consumed to a void vacuum— HEU.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various