reprocessing
Treating materials anew
Reprocessing is the act of putting something through a process again, typically to extract additional value, correct errors, or convert it into a different form.
The term appears most often in industrial and technical contexts: nuclear reprocessing extracts usable uranium and plutonium from spent fuel rods, while food reprocessing might salvage ingredients from rejected batches.
In computing and data management, reprocessing means running information through a system again, often after fixing bugs or updating algorithms.
The plant handles reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.
Industrial product creation
- refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
- remanufacturingRestoring products to original specs
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
recondition · rework · salvage · retread · feedstock · batch · plant · facility
Actinide, atomic number 94
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
transuranic · isotopes · partitioning · vitrification · actinides · neptunium · thorium · breeder
Arranging into sequence
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
- paperPressed pulp for writing
e-waste · collection · shredding · baling · separation · downcycling · closed-loop · MRF
Quantity produced together
- ETLSource-to-destination data process
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- transformationThorough change in form
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
cleaning · validation · parsing · conversion · reformatting · extraction · migration · deduplication
Unpolished, raw state
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- catalyticPromoting change unchanged
cracking · fractionation · desulfurization · gasoline · diesel · coking · alkylation · isomerization
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
- remanufacturingRestoring products to original specs
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
recovery · recondition · rework · salvage · retread · feedstock · batch · plant · facility · throughput
plutonium
Actinide, atomic number 94
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
reactor · transuranic · isotopes · partitioning · vitrification · actinides · neptunium · thorium · breeder · waste
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
paper · e-waste · collection · shredding · baling · separation · downcycling · closed-loop · MRF · post-consumer
batch
Quantity produced together
- ETLSource-to-destination data process
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- transformationThorough change in form
normalization · cleaning · validation · parsing · conversion · reformatting · extraction · migration · deduplication · integration
crude
Unpolished, raw state
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
catalytic · cracking · fractionation · desulfurization · gasoline · diesel · coking · alkylation · isomerization · thermal
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, uranium
- nuclear energynuclear power, nuclear reactors, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, uranium
- Nuclear Powernuclear reactors, nuclear plants, nuclear fuel, nuclear waste, uranium
- nuclear securitynon-proliferation, nonproliferation, weapons inspectors, nuclear facility, nuclear site
- nuclear physicsnuclear energy, fission, nuclear fission, neutron, proton
- nuclear technologynuclear reactor, reactor, reactor core, reactor cores, fission reactor
reprocessingdisposal
Act of throwing away
discarding · dumping · landfilling · waste disposal · throwing away
process, procedure, procession, processed, processing, unprocessed, reprocess, processor, procedural