Multimedia: Fuel Cycle

Disposal
If spent fuel is not reprocessed, it may be prepared for disposal by sealing it in specially designed steel and concrete canisters. These canisters may then be placed in a permanent disposal facility constructed inside a stable rock or salt formation deep underground. No permanent disposal sites are operational yet, but several countries plan to have disposal facilities ready by 2010.

Links to more information
about the Nuclear Fuel Cycle:
World Nuclear Association
How Nuclear Power Works on Howstuffworks.com

Go to: Chapter 3, page 4: Availability of Nuclear Material to Build an IND

 

Fuel Cycle, page 9 of 9

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