German Spent Nuclear Fuel Legacy: Characteristics and High-Level Waste Management Issues

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Isotope</td><td align="center">Pu-238</td><td align="center">Pu-239</td><td align="center">Pu-240</td><td align="center">Pu-241</td><td align="center">Pu-242</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Half-life (yr)</td><td align="center">87.7</td><td align="center">24,110</td><td align="center">6,561</td><td align="center">14.29</td><td align="center">374,000</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Radiations</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 9.7749996px;"><svg height="7.9499998" id="M291" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 9.7749996 7.9499998" width="9.7749996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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Half-lives and principal radiations of plutonium isotopes.

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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Table 3: German Spent Nuclear Fuel Legacy: Characteristics and High-Level Waste Management Issues 