Examples of using Fissionable in English and their translations into Spanish
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Fissionable, yet non-radioactive?
There are other atoms such as plutonium andthorium that are fissionable.
Thorium-232 is fissionable, so could conceivably be used as a nuclear fuel.
Two transuranic elements, Neptunium andAmericium, have fissionable capabilities.
His delegation also looked forward to the complete prohibition of the production of fissionable material that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, as that would help pave the way for general and complete nuclear disarmament.
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Currently neptunium andamericium are not defined as special fissionable material.
Negotiations on a treaty to ban the production of fissionable materials for nuclear weapons purposes should start straightaway, covering not only future production but also existing stockpiles.
Uranium-238, which makes up 99.3% of natural uranium,is not fissionable by slow neutrons.
Coupled with a renewed interest in the cessation of the production of fissionable material, a comprehensive nuclear test ban could help to halt the qualitative arms race and to prevent other countries from acquiring nuclear weapons.
During World War II, he researched isotope separation,which is necessary to produce fissionable material for use in making nuclear weapons.
Proponents of the"special fissionable material plus neptunium" option expressed concerns about the implication of narrower definitions for the terms"fissile material" and"production", i.e. definitions which did not include lower levels of uranium enrichment or plutonium production through irradiation.
It is not we who are endeavouring to produce fissionable materials for military purposes.
Another of the commitments entered into during the Review and Extension Conference is the immediate commencement and early conclusion of negotiations on a non-discriminatory anduniversally applicable convention banning the production of fissionable material for military uses.
The Agency is already working hard on monitoring the use of fissionable materials generated by weapons programmes.
The Nuclear Installations, Fissionable Materials and Ores Decree(Besluit kerninstallaties, splijtstoffen en ertsen) provides a framework for requiring physical protection measures in respect of nuclear installations Section 36.2 in combination with Nuclear Installations Security Guidelines 1993 Beveiligingsrichtlijn kerninstallaties 1993.
As early as 1957,we stressed our objective was to deal with“all future production of fissionable material[to be] used under international supervision, exclusively for non-weapons purposes”.
It was also to be hoped that the international community would soon enter into negotiations on the prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes.
Provisions regarding nuclear material,which would prohibit the production of any fissionable or fusionable material that can be used directly to make a nuclear weapon, including plutonium(other than that in spent fuel) and highly enriched uranium.
It would also be desirable for nuclear-weapon States to report regularly on their stockpiles,delivery systems, fissionable material reserves and exports of military technology.
In February 2008,INFCIRC/209/Rev.2 was modified to include expanded details on separation of isotopes of special fissionable material, with the addition of an explanatory note, an introductory note in the annex, and a technical amendment already agreed in June 2006.
Second, in the context of the non-proliferation problem,I would like to put particular emphasis on issues related to the policy of the international community in the field of nuclear fissionable materials produced for nuclear weapons purposes.
From this perspective,Japan believes that the relevant part of article XX of the IAEA Statute on special fissionable materials could provide a basis for a definition of fissile material whose production should be banned.
In that year, we supported a paper calling on“the parties to undertake to provide, under international supervision, for equitable transfers,in successive increments, of fissionable material from previous production to non-weapons purposes”.
We are ready to cooperate with the United States andother countries in solving the problems connected with cutting off fissionable material production and banning the construction of facilities for such production, particularly in conflict areas.
Highly enriched uranium and plutonium are the materials which have historically been used in nuclear weapons; butwe need to consider whether an FMCT should also cover other fissionable materials which could be used to produce nuclear weapons.
Pending such agreement and although moratoriums are an inadequate measure,Spain appreciates the moratoriums on the manufacture of fissionable materials declared unilaterally by States in possession of nuclear weapons or of nuclear technology in general.
We also urge the Conference on Disarmament to take thenecessary measures to begin negotiations immediately, with a view to concluding a cut-off convention on the production of fissionable materials that can be used in producing nuclear weapons.
Therefore, we believe that the treaty's verification mechanism should draw on the provisions of the NPT,the safeguards agreements based thereon and the definitions of fissionable material contained in article XX of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
His delegation had supported draft resolution A/C.1/48/L.44/Rev.1 because it had always favoured the conclusion of an internationally verifiable treaty on the prohibition of the production of fissionable material for nuclear weapons or other explosive nuclear devices.
Spain invites the nuclear-weapon States to adopt or expand unilateral measures for the reduction of their nuclear stockpiles, andto take appropriate action concerning declared surpluses of militarily usable fissionable material, especially their elimination under appropriate verification systems.