reprocessing

English

Verb

reprocessing

  1. present participle and gerund of reprocess

Noun

reprocessing (countable and uncountable, plural reprocessings)

  1. A second or subsequent processing.
  2. (engineering, nuclear physics, uncountable) 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.
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