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Split tails

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002157

Use of one tails assay for transaction of enrichment services and a different tails assay for operation of the enrichment plant. This mode of operations typically increases the use of uranium, which is relatively inexpensive, while decreasing the use of separative work, which is expensive.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002157
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002157",
  "term": "Split tails",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Use of one tails assay for transaction of enrichment services and a different tails assay for operation of the enrichment plant. This mode of operations typically increases the use of uranium, which is relatively inexpensive, while decreasing the use of separative work, which is expensive.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/split-tails/"
}

Record 2,157 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.