Storage of used nuclear fuel in the U.S. increases by about 2,000 metric tons per year; currently approximately 70,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel are being stored on site in 33 states.

If the used fuel is treated as waste, and disposed of, this is known as an "open" fuel cycle. It can also be reprocessed to recover uranium and other fissile materials which can be reused in what is ...

As work continues on the installation of world’s first fully-integrated fuel cycle, public-private-partnership FFC shares ...

Through recycling, up to 96% of the reusable material in spent fuel can be recovered. In its 6th National Report under the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of ...

So why is that we don’t fully burn up uranium fuel fully today, but instead usually use a once-through fuel cycle? It’s The Economy, Silly Schematic overview of dry cask storage of spent LWR fuel.

US team develops scalable, safe nuclear fuel recycling using advanced tech to cut waste and boost energy recovery.

This is far below credible estimates for the cost of the fast-reactor fuel cycle, which started at 25 percent above once-through. Moreover, there are many CANDU reactors operating around the world, ...

In Phase II, the committees will carry out the analysis and offer consensus findings and recommendations in a final report on the criteria necessary to achieve an international fuel cycle beneficial ...

Ø Accounting for linkages among all elements of the fuel cycle, including waste transportation, storage, and disposal associated with the front- and back-ends of the fuel cycle, and concerns related ...

The concept of Regional Fuel Cycle Centres (RFCC) has attracted wide interest as a possible approach towards meeting the nuclear fuel cycle needs of many countries. As part of its study of the RFCC ...