Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel - Orano la Hague, Europe - 2019

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Related Environmental Issues / Environmental Impact - Cases, Nuclear Wastes (Used Fuel)

Recycling used nuclear fuel at the The Orano la Hague site has been recycling 96% of nuclear materials in used nuclear fuel into new fuel for decades. The remaining 4% nuclear waste is vitrified in canisters, which then require storage for about 300 years, significantly less than the storage time required for unprocessed used nuclear fuel.

Also, see Conca, Columbia Generating Station, Washington (2017) video.

Also, see Worral , Oak Ridge, DOE (2015) video.