uranium dioxide

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a black, crystalline compound, UO 2 , insoluble in water, used in nuclear fuel rods, in ceramics, and pigments.

Example Sentences

“If the item is glass, and fluoresces neon green under a black light, it contains uranium dioxide 100 percent of the time.”

From Washington Post

Commercial reactors have used the same fuel for decades: small pellets of uranium dioxide stacked inside long cylindrical rods made of a zirconium alloy.

From Scientific American

In others, zirconium and even the uranium dioxide are replaced with different materials.

From Scientific American

Commercial reactors have used the same fuel for decades: small pellets of uranium dioxide stacked inside long cylindrical rods made of a zirconium alloy.

From Scientific American

In others, zirconium and even the uranium dioxide are replaced with different materials.

From Scientific American