Projected Salt Waste Production from a Commercial Pyroprocessing Facility

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Nominal composition of oxide used fuel.  Mass fraction calculated on metal basis (oxygen neglected).  Composition based on ORIGIN calculation of 33 MWd/kg burn-up, 10-year decayed fuel.

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Table 4: Projected Salt Waste Production from a Commercial Pyroprocessing Facility 