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enriched material

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enriched material [in′richt mə′tir·ē·əl]
(nucleonics)
Material in which the amount of one or more isotopes has been increased above that occurring in nature, such as uranium in which the abundance of235U is increased.


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Summary: Iran said Tuesday it was prepared to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material Iran said Tuesday it was prepared to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil.
Western powers back the UN-drafted deal as the Tehran reactor is an internationally supervised facility, and the deal would remove stocks of low-enriched uranium, a major concern in the West which suspects the enriched material could be further refined for use in nuclear weapons.
Enrichment is the most controversial aspect of its nuclear project as the enriched material can be used both to fuel civilian reactors and also to make the core of an atomic bomb.
 
 
 
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