Definitions
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- adjective of a radioactive or other substance of a
purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)
- adjective extremely strong or concentrated or durable
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Examples
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Bulk lasers are much closer to weaponization: the Navy's tested them at "hundreds of kilowatts" - weapons-grade, in other words.
Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2011
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We had laid down a red line that if they started reprocessing nuclear fuel for weapons-grade material, it would not be tolerated, for it would mean they were a rogue nation with the threat of nuclear weapons.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We had laid down a red line that if they started reprocessing nuclear fuel for weapons-grade material, it would not be tolerated, for it would mean they were a rogue nation with the threat of nuclear weapons.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We had laid down a red line that if they started reprocessing nuclear fuel for weapons-grade material, it would not be tolerated, for it would mean they were a rogue nation with the threat of nuclear weapons.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Bushehr is not among the West's main worries because safeguards are in place to ensure that spent fuel is not available for conversion into weapons-grade uranium.
Iran to Open Nuclear Sites to Diplomats, But No Americans Invited 2011
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Bushehr is not among the West's main worries because safeguards are in place to ensure that spent fuel is not available for conversion into weapons-grade uranium.
Iran to Open Nuclear Sites to Diplomats, But No Americans Invited 2011
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If we are serious about stopping the spread of these weapons, then we should put an end to the dedicated production of weapons-grade materials that create them.
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Bushehr is not among the West's main worries because safeguards are in place to ensure that spent fuel is not available for conversion into weapons-grade uranium.
Iran to Open Nuclear Sites to Diplomats, But No Americans Invited 2011
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In an analysis this month for the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Rand scholar Gregory S. Jones writes that even in the absence of a clandestine nuclear program, Iran can now produce a weapon's worth 20 kilograms of HEU weapons-grade uranium any time it wishes.
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George W. Bush's administration introduced a plan in 2006 to globally ban the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials, but the U.S. has faced stiff resistance from countries such as Pakistan.
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