Sentences with phrase «convert uranium ore»
The multiple steps that convert uranium ore, as it is extracted from the earth, to nuclear fuel for power plants.
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In addition, only about one tenth of the mined uranium ore is converted into fuel in the enrichment process (during which the concentration of uranium 235 is increased considerably), so less than a hundredth of the ore's total energy content is used to generate power in today's plants.