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Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Technology

Auteur	BNFL
Datum	1985
Classificatie	2.05.8.30/05 (GROOT-BRITTANNIË - SELLAFIELD - ALGEMEEN)
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The reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel enables the recovery and re-use of 
valuable uranium and plutonium, which represent up to 99.7% of the total content 
of irradiated fuel. In addition, the fission product waste which represents up to 
three per cent of the irradiated fuel is separated and concentrated so that it can 
be stored safely and without excessive cost.

In Britain, reprocessing is carried out at Sellafield in West Cumbria by British 
Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL). The site was first associated with nuclear energy when 
in 1947 the Ministry of Supply started to build the UK's first production-scale 
nuclear reactors and reprocessing plant there.

In 1954 the site became part of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and 
in 1971 British Nuclear Fuels Limited was formed from the former Production Group 
of the UKAEA. It became a public limited company in 1984.

To date, some 25,000 tonnes of irradiated fuel have been reprocessed. Sellafield has 
been mostly concerned with reprocessing irradiated fuel from Magnox reactors, but 
has also gained experience in reprocessing oxide fuels used in Advanced Gas-cooled 
Reactors (AGRs) and Light Water Reactors (LWRs).

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