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Nuclear Fuel Chain Waste Activity Calculator

(last updated 23 Nov 2009)
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Calculate activities and radioactive decay of the wastes from nuclear fuel production: uranium mine waste rock, uranium mill tailings, depleted uranium, and spent fuel.

Enter a value into any one field of the Material Balance and click the "Calculate" button below. HELP new window
Numbers can be entered in exponential notation: 5 · 10-6 = 5e-6
"t" means metric tonne.

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Material Balance
 ProductWaste
Uranium Mine t Ore (= t U) t Waste Rock
Uranium Mill t U3O8 (= t U) t Mill Tailings
Conversion t UF6 (= t U) (nat) 
Enrichment t UF6 (= t U) (enriched) t UF6
(= t U) (depleted)
Fuel Fab. t UO2 (= t U) 
Power Plant GWhe ( = GWae) t spent fuel
(= t HM)

Output Parameters
Time PeriodChart Options
Start: a
End: a 		no chart
total activities *)
 Decades on vertical axis:
*) may take several minutes on old machines
 
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Results


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    Process Parameters    
Ore Deposit Waste/Ore Ratio:  ·  Waste Rock Grade: % U
Ore Grade: % U
Mill Extraction Losses: %
Conversion Losses: %
Enrichment Product Assay: % U-235  ·  Tails Assay: % U-235
Fuel Fabrication Losses: %
Power Plant BWR  ·  Fuel Burnup: 38 GWd/t U  ·  Efficiency: %

 

ORNL is the source of the decay data used in this calculator.

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