Glossary/Acronyms: R

Uranium Quick Fact

Weight of DOE DUF₆ Inventory

The 704,000 metric tons of DUF₆ contains about 476,000 metric tons of uranium and 228,000 metric tons of fluorine. In English, that means over 1 Billion pounds of uranium and over 500 million pounds of fluorine!

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Glossary/Acronyms

Select a letter from the list below to view glossary terms, acronyms/abbreviations, chemicals, and units of measure.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y

rad
radiation
radiation absorbed dose (rad)
radioactive decay
radioactive decay products
radioactivity
radionuclide
RCRA
recharge
Record of Decision (ROD)
Region of influence (ROI)
Rem
rem
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended
retardation
risk
ROI

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