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- noun Plural form of
burnup .
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Test reactor irradiation of thorium fuel to high burnups has also been conducted, and several test reactors have either been partially or completely loaded with thorium-based fuel.
Thorium 2009
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Our burnups, misfires, explosions, fizzles, and lost or wayward vehicles are well publicized.
The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.
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