nuclear fuel cycle

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A flowchart diagram of the nuclear fuel cycle shows the process from uranium mining and extraction, through enrichment, fuel fabrication, reactor use, spent fuel reprocessing, and waste disposal, with arrows tracing material movement and recycling steps.

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A flowchart diagram of the nuclear fuel cycle shows the process from uranium mining and extraction, through enrichment, fuel fabrication, reactor use, spent fuel reprocessing, and waste disposal, with arrows tracing material movement and recycling steps.

nuclear fuel cycle

A “closed loop” nuclear fuel cycle, showing the reprocessing of uranium-235 and plutonium...

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