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The nuclear fuel cycle spans a range of processes from the mining of uranium ore to the disposing of the radioactive waste produced throughout the cycle. In between fall such areas as the production of fuel for nuclear reactors, the generation of electricity through the burning of fuel and the processing the spent fuel.
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Pitner, W.R. et al. (2003). Ionic Liquids in the Nuclear Industry. In: Rogers, R.D., Seddon, K.R., Volkov, S. (eds) Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids. NATO Science Series, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0127-4_12
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