Spent nuclear fuel
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spent-nuclear-fuel-262-10344833
title:
Spent nuclear fuel
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Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor. It is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction in an ordinary thermal reactor and, depending on its point along the nuclear fuel cycle, it will have different isotopic constituents than when it started. Nuclear fuel rods become progressively more radioactive due to neutron activation as they are fissioned, or "burnt", in the reactor. A fresh rod of low enriched urani
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Nuclear fuel that's been irradiated in a nuclear reactor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent_nuclear_fuel
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2023-12-21T21:40:17Z
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