India adopted Closed Fuel Cycle- Reprocessing of Nuclear fuel

India adopted ‘Closed Fuel Cycle’- Reprocessing of Nuclear fuel (Department of Atomic Wastes) WHAT India has adopted “closed fuel cycle”, where spent nuclear fuel is regarded as a material of resource. The nuclear waste management practices are at par with international practices following the guidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).   AIM The closed fuel cycle aims at reprocessing spent fuel for recovery of uranium and plutonium and recycling them back to the…

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