The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

A Complete Primer — the whole system, made understandable

Signed opinion pieces. These argue a position; the primer sections explain the science.

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  • Mine to Disposal: Pricing the Closed Cycle

    Mine to Disposal: Pricing the Closed Cycle

    Follow one drum of yellowcake from the mine to the repository and less than one percent of its uranium is ever used. This opinion argues that the market should decide when to close the fuel cycle, and that today it cannot, because the leftover uranium, the plutonium and the cost of burying them never reach…


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