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Reprocess meaning
To process again. | To process again. | To extract the fissile material (mainly uranium and plutonium) remaining in spent nuclear reactor fuel, allowing it to be recycled into fresh nuclear fuel or (for plutonium and/or uranium-233 from some specialized breeder reactors) used to build nuclear weapons; may also extend to recovering nonfissile but fertile elements remaining in spent reactor fuel (such as thorium), or precious metals produced as fission products.
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HEVI continues to reprocess and interpret the recently acquired 360km of 2D seismic data to identify additional drilling targets across its exploration acreage.
While the department said those problems have been fixed, the U.S. Department of Education late last month discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of FAFSA forms sent to colleges and will need to reprocess them.
The standard, first established during the end of the George W. Bush administration when the U.S. signed a nuclear deal with the United Arab Emirates, requires foreign countries to not enrich and reprocess nuclear fuel.