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The 12 pages that link to Nuclear reprocessing, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear fuel cycleRelated: Reprocessing is one route for recovering materials instead of treating all spent fuel as waste.

• PlutoniumRelated: This process recovers plutonium, but raises concerns about proliferation and waste management.

• Liquid–liquid extractionRelated: Liquid extraction separates actinides and fission products in some reprocessing schemes.

• Plutonium-239Related: Separating plutonium-239 can enable fuel recycling but also raises proliferation concerns.

• ThoriumRelated: Many thorium cycles require handling and separating bred uranium-233.

• Spent nuclear fuelRelated: Reprocessing changes spent fuel into separated materials and radioactive waste streams.

• Ion-exchange resinRelated: Specialized resins can separate radioactive ions in aqueous processing streams.

• Uranium hexafluorideCompared with: Unlike UF₆-based enrichment, reprocessing treats irradiated fuel after reactor use.

• Nuclear wasteCompared with: Reprocessing changes the waste streams and may recover materials, but does not eliminate radioactive waste.

• Fissile materialRelated: Reprocessing can recover fissile plutonium from spent fuel.

• Mixed oxide fuelRelated: Reprocessing supplies separated plutonium for the oxide blend, although MOX can also use other plutonium sources.

• Breeder reactorRelated: Recovering bred fuel can require separating it from irradiated fuel and fission products.