Nuclear Reprocessing - Separated Components and Disposition

Separated Components and Disposition

See also: Spent nuclear fuel

The potentially useful components dealt with in nuclear reprocessing comprise specific actinides (plutonium, uranium, and some minor actinides). The lighter elements components include fission products, activation products, and cladding.

material disposition
plutonium, minor actinides, reprocessed uranium fission in fast, fusion, or subcritical reactor
reprocessed uranium, cladding, filters less stringent storage as intermediate-level waste
long-lived fission and activation products nuclear transmutation or geological repository
medium-lived fission products 137Cs and 90Sr medium-term storage as high-level waste
useful radionuclides and noble metals industrial and medical uses

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