used-up

Apparently, this decade has run out of original ideas, so we're mining used-up concepts from the 80's.

SF Tidbits for 2/27/09 2009

The backing from a used-up pad of paper works great for this.

Common Household Items Make Packing Easier | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Instead, in 1982, Congress decided to create a permanent underground storage facility for the nation's used-up nuclear fuel, with utilities covering the costs.

Problem of Where to Put Waste Besets Nuclear Industry Ben Casselman 2011

If efforts to refill the spent-fuel pools fail and the used-up fuel rods ignite into a major fire, the resulting release of radiation would be significant.

Three ways Japan's nuclear crisis could end 2011

Leaks from those pools could lead to the release of radioactive elements in the old, used-up fuel rods.

At Japanese nuclear plant, a battle to contain radiation 2011

Instead, in 1982, Congress decided to create a permanent underground storage facility for the nation's used-up nuclear fuel, with utilities covering the costs.

Problem of Where to Put Waste Besets Nuclear Industry Ben Casselman 2011

The two-hour fire on Tuesday at one of the plant's reactor buildings apparently heated used-up nuclear fuel rods kept in a water pool there.

Radiation halts work at Japanese nuclear plant 2011

His baseball cap was about as used-up as could be and still claim the dignity of being called headwear.

My Carhartt Detroit Jacket Dan Neil 2011

The two-hour fire on Tuesday at one of the plant's reactor buildings apparently heated used-up nuclear fuel rods kept in a water pool there.

Radiation halts work at Japanese nuclear plant 2011

Leaks from those pools could lead to the release of radioactive elements in the old, used-up fuel rods.

At Japanese nuclear plant, a battle to contain radiation 2011