Technetium nuclear fuel reprocessing

Figure XIX-5 presents the specific long-lived radiotoxicity of spent nuclear fuel within the nuclear fuel cycle as a function of energy produced by the SVBR-75/100 reactors. These calculations show that specific radiotoxicity of the technetium-99, iodine-129 and caesium-135 before the final disposal is 0.014 km /GW(e)/year, without taking into account the losses in reprocessing. It is nearly equal to the specific radiotoxicity of natural uranium extracted from Earth and added to the fuel cycle each year.

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