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he plopped down in his chair, completely spent, and then fell asleep
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The proliferation of fast breeder recycling of spent fuel, already the norm in France and Russia, provides an opportunity to address these problems and make storage easier by reducing the quantities of leftover material.
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Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The spent rocket parts fell into the Atlantic Ocean.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The court also ruled that provisions of the 1954 Atomic Energy Act do not support licenses like the one issued to Interim Storage Partners, which allows for the offsite storage of spent fuel.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
China successfully launched a classified satellite on Thursday (Jan. 23), but a spent booster from the mission fell shockingly close to a family home.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The spent rocket parts fell into the Atlantic Ocean.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The court also ruled that provisions of the 1954 Atomic Energy Act do not support licenses like the one issued to Interim Storage Partners, which allows for the offsite storage of spent fuel.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
China successfully launched a classified satellite on Thursday (Jan. 23), but a spent booster from the mission fell shockingly close to a family home.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Spent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spent. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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spent
adjective1
: used up
2
: drained of energy
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