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Waste is pretty much not going to be enriched uranium, by definition. No one would be dumping enriched uranium in the first place... it's expensive, yo. Low-en
by Turing_Machine 4y ago
Waste is pretty much not going to be enriched uranium, by definition. No one would be dumping enriched uranium in the first place... it's expensive, yo.
Low-enriched uranium (suitable for burning in standard power reactors) is 3-5% U-235
Highly-enriched uranium (suitable for building bombs) is >= 20% U-235.
Spent fuel is typically < 1% U-235.