reprocess
pronunciation
How to pronounce reprocess in British English:
UK [ri:'prəʊses]
How to pronounce reprocess in American English:
US [ri'prɑses]
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- Verb:
- use again after processing
Word Origin
- reprocess (v.)
- 1939, from re- "back, again" + process (v.). Related: Reprocessed; reprocessing.
Example
- 1. India , which has never signed the npt , does not yet have any american-built reactors , let alone the spent fuel from them to reprocess .
- 2. Two-thirds of china 's exports , for example , are made by foreign companies who essentially reprocess imports of semi-manufactured goods that are then shipped to europe and the us .
- 3. While china hasn 't yet begun reprocessing spent fuel on a commercial scale , its push to reprocess is being watched by south korea , vietnam and others , said frank von hippel , a former assistant director of national security during the clinton administration and an expert on arms control .
- 4. China also recently announced that it had developed its own technology to reprocess spent nuclear fuel , which could be used to run these new power plants .