Nuclear reprocessing

material that can be used in nuclear fission or fusion to derive nuclear energy

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process of manufacturing and consuming nuclear fuel

nuclear fuel that contains more than one oxide of fissile material

process to separate and recover fissionable plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel

nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant)

thumb|upright=1.1|Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel by the PUREX method, first developed in the 1940s to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, was demonstrated commercially in Belgium to partially re-fuel a LWR in the 1960s. This aqueous chemical process continues to be used commercially to separate [[reactor grade plutonium (RGPu) for reuse as MOX fuel. It remains controversial, as plutonium can be used to make nuclear weapons.]]

nuclear fuel cycle using 232Th as fertile material, which absorbs neutrons to become into 233U (the nuclear fuel), which fissions to produce energy

plutonium extraction process

uranium recovered from nuclear fuel reprocessing