| 词汇 | example_english_spent-fuel |
| 释义 | spent fuelcollocation in Englishmeanings of spentand fuelThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with fuel. spent adjective uk /spent/ us /spent/ Something that is spent has been used so that it no longer has any power ... See more at spent fuel noun uk /ˈfjuː.əl/ us /ˈfjuː.əl/ a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ... See more at fuel Examples of spent fuelThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Spentfuel elements from submarines and other defence reactors produce very small heat outputs which are readily absorbed by immersion in water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spentfuel is not nuclear waste unless it is designated for direct disposal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spentfuel generated by nuclear plants today can easily be used as fuel in fourth-generation molten-salt reactors. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Spentfuel has to be transported in packages which are too heavy to be economically transported by air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spentfuel management is left to companies' commercial judgment, not their environmental judgment, or a judgment based on thoughts of international security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spentfuel is reprocessed, the resulting wastes need to be treated and ultimately disposed of and nuclear plant has to be decommissioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A typical flask could contain up to 2.2 tonnes of spentfuel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The report talks specifically of waste from 1,500 tonnes of spentfuel as being the result of pre-1976 contracts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The facility stopped receiving spentfuel during 1992. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The generators have removed many of the uncertainties about the costs of managing spentfuel and waste and decommissioning plant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To move from storing spentfuel elements in water to storing them in gas and/or air would again require much further study. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second question is whether storage of spentfuel as opposed to reprocessing is a practicable alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is happening to the spentfuel in these reactors which are now dotted across the globe? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The spentfuel will have to be reprocessed in a plant which has not yet been designed or built. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was suggested that this would not close any of our options so long as the spentfuel was stored for future retrieval. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is both obvious and sensible to make use of indigenous fuel, namely, plutonium, the byproduct of spentfuel reprocessing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The decision to reprocess spentfuel is taken by the owners of the fuel on safety, technical and economic grounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been no accidents involving escape of radioactivity during the transport of spentfuel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, one can go straight from spentfuel to vitrification or deep burial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The spentfuel contains a range of fission products including technetium-99. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of spent Go to the definition of fuel See other collocations with fuel |
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