Spent Nuclear Fuel

Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant). It is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction in an ordinary thermal reactor.

Read more about Spent Nuclear Fuel:  Nature of Spent Fuel, Spent Fuel Decay Heat, Fuel Composition and Long Term Radioactivity, Disposal, Risks, See Also

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