Advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel

<p>The advanced <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reprocessing/aTMUoYaW">reprocessing</a> of <a href="/facts/Spent_nuclear_fuel/jWDWvJ6d">spent nuclear fuel</a> is a potential key to achieve a sustainable nuclear fuel cycle and to tackle the heavy burden of nuclear waste management. In particular, the development of such advanced reprocessing systems may save natural resources, reduce waste inventory and enhance the public acceptance of nuclear energy. This strategy relies on the recycling of major <a href="/facts/Actinides/kHC4lxJV">actinides</a> (<a href="/facts/Uranium/n2sGWBzU">Uranium</a> and <a href="/facts/Plutonium/4bUw9zH3">Plutonium</a>, and also <a href="/facts/Thorium/ysdWH470">Thorium</a> in the <a href="/facts/Breeder/laECne4b">breeder</a> fuel cycle) and the transmutation of minor actinides (<a href="/facts/Neptunium/pwp7Yvds">Neptunium</a>, <a href="/facts/Americium/rxL9Yc64">Americium</a> and <a href="/facts/Curium/LMyWXg8l">Curium</a>) in appropriate reactors. In order to fulfill this objective, selective extracting agents need to be designed and developed by investigating their complexation mechanism.
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Advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel