Editing Nuclear reprocessing (section)

== Separated components and disposition ==
{{See also|Spent nuclear fuel}}
The potentially useful components dealt with in nuclear reprocessing comprise specific [[actinide]]s (plutonium, uranium, and some [[minor actinides]]). The lighter [[chemical element|elements]] components include [[fission products]], [[activation products]], and [[Cladding (nuclear fuel)|cladding]].

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!material!!disposition
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|plutonium, [[minor actinide]]s, [[reprocessed uranium]]||[[nuclear fission|fission]] in [[fast reactor|fast]], [[Nuclear fusion–fission hybrid|fusion fission hybrid]], or [[subcritical reactor]] or use as [[MOX fuel]]
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|reprocessed uranium, filters || less stringent storage as [[intermediate-level waste]]
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|[[long-lived fission products|long-lived fission]] and [[activation product]]s ||[[nuclear transmutation]] or [[geological repository]]
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|[[medium-lived fission products]] [[cesium-137|<sup>137</sup>Cs]] and [[strontium-90|<sup>90</sup>Sr]]||medium-term storage as [[high-level waste]]; [[decay heat]] could be used to drive a [[Stirling engine]]
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|useful radionuclides, [[rare earths]] (lanthanides), and [[noble metal]]s|| industrial and medical uses
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| cladding, fission product [[zirconium]]||re-use for [[zircalloy]] cladding or storage as intermediate level waste
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