The nuclear fuel cycle consists of the following stages: uranium mining, uranium milling, conversion to uranium hexafluoride, enrichment in the fissile isotope U-235, fabrication of fuel assemblies, nuclear fission in a reactor, spent nuclear fuel storage, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing (not currently done commercially in the United States), permanent waste disposal, and nuclear plant decommissioning.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Congressional Research Service
  Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation

Sources

• Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation www.everycrsreport.com Congressional Research Service via serper

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• spent nuclear fuel concept