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使用済み核燃料 (しようずみかくねんりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

使し用よう済ずみ核かく燃ねん料りょう

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Meanings

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spent nuclear fuel

Technical term for nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a reactor and is no longer efficient for power generation.

使し用よう済ずみ核かく燃ねん料りょうの再さい処しょ理りは重じゅう要ような課か題

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Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is an important issue.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
用utilize, business, service
済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
核nucleus, core, kernel
燃burn, blaze, glow
料fee, materials

Related words

核かく燃ねん料りょう
Nuclear fuel in general, not necessarily spent.
使し用よう済ずみ燃ねん料りょう
Spent fuel, sometimes used without specifying nuclear, but often refers to the same concept.

Built from

使し用よう済ずみ+

Written forms

使し用よう済ずみ核かく燃ねん料りょう
Standard full spelling.
使し用よう済ずみ核かく燃ねん料りょう
Abbreviated spelling omitting み; seen in technical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 使用済み (used, spent) and 核燃料 (nuclear fuel).

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