reprocessing (English, noun)
expansion: reprocessing (countable and uncountable, plural reprocessings)
Senses:
glosses: A second or subsequent processing.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: reprocessings
tags: plural