How do you use Reprocess in a sentence? See 1 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like recycle or reuse, plus the exact meaning.
Reprocess meaning
- 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.
Using Reprocess
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: recycle, reuse, use, utilize.
- In the example corpus, reprocess often appears in combinations such as: to reprocess.
Context around Reprocess
- Average sentence length in these examples: 36 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reprocess
- In this selection, "reprocess" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 36 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nuclear stand out and add context to how "reprocess" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include enrich and reprocess nuclear fuel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reprocess" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reprocess
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
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. (36 words)
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. (36 words)
Example sentences (1)
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.
Common combinations with reprocess
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to reprocess 2×