Chemical treatment of spent nuclear fuel in order to separate potentially re-usable constituents, such as uranium and plutonium, from waste products.
extraction of uranium and plutonium from spent fuel, which can be used for new fuel or nuclear bombs.
A generic term for the separation of elements in irradiated nuclear fuel.
The chemical treatment of spent reactor fuel to separate the plutonium and uranium from the spent fuel rods and from each other to be used again as fuel. Britain, Russia, France, Germany, and Japan are currently reprocessing to recover plutonium.
A fairly general term which is used to cover a range of industrial activities including recycling.
Changing the physical structure and properties of a waste material that would otherwise have been sent to landfill, in order to add financial value to the processed material. May employ a range of technologies including composting and anaerobic digestion.
Chemical treatment of spent reactor fuel to separate uranium and plutonium from the small quantity of fission product waste products and transuranic elements, leaving a much reduced quantity of high-level waste. (cf Waste, HLW).
A process or operation to extract radioactive nuclides from spent fuel for further use.
Recycling or processing of used fuel to recover its remaining uranium and plutonium (“fissile” materials) to produce fresh fuel.
(aka recycling ) The mechanical and chemical process of separating out usable products (like uranium and plutonium) from spent nuclear fuel. Ideally, these fissile products can be used again in a reactor.
The processing of waste that has been recovered into a different non-waste product.
The chemical treatment of spent reactor fuel to separate plutonium and uranium from unwanted radioactive waste by-products.
The chemical treatment of spent fuel to separate and, usually, isolate one or more elements (in most cases, plutonium and uranium) from unwanted radioactive byproducts.
Nuclear reprocessing separates any usable nuclear fuels (e.g., uranium and plutonium) from fission products and other materials in used nuclear reactor fuels.
The common term for the process by which packaging waste materials are recycled and/or recovered.
The separation of irradiated nuclear fuel into uranium, plutonium, and fission products.
Processing of spent fuel to separate uranium and plutonium from highly radioactive fission products.
Chemical treatment of used reactor fuel to separate uranium and plutonium and possibly transuranic elements from the small quantity of fission product wastes, leaving a much reduced quantity of high-level waste (which today includes the transuarnic elements). (cf Waste, HLW).
the process of obtaining weapons-grade plutonium from reactor fuel rods
