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The 12 pages that link to Spent nuclear fuel, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear fuel cycleRelated: This material is the cycle’s main output after fuel has generated energy in a reactor.

• Radioactive wasteBroader topic: It is intensely radioactive and heat-generating, requiring interim storage and a long-term management decision.

• UraniumRelated: Used uranium fuel remains radioactive and may be stored, reprocessed, or disposed of.

• Nuclear fuelRelated: Fuel remains radioactive and may contain reusable material after reactor operation.

• Nuclear reprocessingBroader topic: It is the irradiated material dissolved and separated during reprocessing.

• Nuclear wasteBroader topic: It is a prominent high-activity waste stream whose classification and possible reuse vary.

• Nuclear safeguardsBroader topic: Safeguards track spent fuel because it retains materials relevant to nuclear accounting.

• Mixed oxide fuelNarrower topic: Its plutonium content became a feedstock for reprocessed MOX fuel.

• CuriumRelated: Curium isotopes accumulate in some spent fuel and contribute to its long-term radiotoxicity.

• NeptuniumRelated: Neptunium-237 persists in spent fuel and complicates its long-term management.

• Uranium dioxideBroader topic: Irradiated UO₂ pellets become spent fuel and remain intensely radioactive.

• Decay productRelated: Its changing inventory of decay products governs heat output and long-term management.