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Schéma simplifié d'un cycle du combustible nucléaire : (1) extraction-enrichissement-fabrication (2) retraitement après usage (3) stockage ou (4) recyclage. |
| Date | 1 June 2005 (original upload date) |
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| Author | No machine-readable author provided. Tungsten assumed (based on copyright claims). |
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This diagram demonstrates the nuclear fuel cycle. Uranium is mined, enriched and manufactured to nuclear fuel (1) which is delivered to a nuclear power plant. After usage in the power plant the spent fuel is delivered to a reprocessing plant (2) or to final repository (3) for permanent storage in a safe place, such as inside rock. In reprocessing 95% of spent fuel can be recycled to be returned to usage in a power plant (4).
I made the image myself. It is public domain.