reprocessing

The same justification that spread plutonium around so thickly in Karen Silkwood's apartment before they murdered her that reprocessing is still an inside joke and nobody in this country is allowed to do it.

A Pat on the Back for Matzke 2009

This reprocessing is what we usually regard as "interpretation."

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

Making things more complicated, the U.S. has announced plans to begin reprocessing spent nuclear fuels, a practice suspended there since 1977.

Archive 2006-02-01 Nick Anthis 2006

Making things more complicated, the U.S. has announced plans to begin reprocessing spent nuclear fuels, a practice suspended there since 1977.

Nuclear Power Play Nick Anthis 2006

To mitigate the waste problem, the nuclear establishment is advocating "reprocessing" -- in which plutonium is separated out and recycled as nuclear fuel.

The Waste Problem 2007

£400 million project which will play a key part in Sellafield's longer term reprocessing future.

Whitehaven News headlines 2010

The panel also dismissed the idea of reprocessing the waste, a method used in Europe, and said it would be premature for the U.S. to follow suit.

Panel Urges Quick Action for Nuclear Waste Plan Tennille Tracy 2012

And there are two ways to do that: Through what's called reprocessing and through enrichment.

CNN Transcript May 15, 2005 2005

The threat is, of course, a threat of reprocessing, which is a critical step in terms of developing nuclear weapons.

CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2003 2003

If, as I indicated, for example, we can understand by that, and they are prepared to confirm that they will not engage in reprocessing, that is, the separation of plutonium from the fuel rods that are not in the pond, and they will not refuel the reactor and they will continue to accept IAEA continuity of safeguards inspections, then that's an interpretation that would provide a basis for a third round.

Briefing By Assistant Secretary Of State Robert Gallucci ITY National Archives 1994