downblend (English, verb)
expansion: downblend (third-person singular simple present downblends, present participle downblending, simple past and past participle downblended)
Senses:
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: To blend highly-enriched uranium, typically from decommissioned nuclear weapons, with uranium containing a low concentration of fissile uranium-235 (slightly-enriched uranium, natural uranium, or depleted uranium) in order to convert it to low-enriched uranium suitable for use as fuel in standard power reactors but not usable for a fission bomb.
tags: transitive
usually
Forms:
form: downblends
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: downblending
tags: participle
present
form: downblended
tags: participle
past
form: downblended
tags: past