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Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Recent Developments and Future Directions

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The activities associated with the nuclear fuel cycle include uranium mining, enrichment and fuel fabrication, reprocessing and recycling of the spent fuel and management of nuclear waste. In this paper the nuclear fuel cycle strategies followed and envisages of the future directions are discussed.

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  1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 085, India

    D. S. C. Purushotham, V. Venugopal & A. Ramanujam

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Purushotham, D.S.C., Venugopal, V. & Ramanujam, A. Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Recent Developments and Future Directions. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 243, 199–203 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006752205750

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