Description
The typical waste unit is a BWR or PWR fuel element, consisting of numerous fuel rods. The fuel rods themselves consist of the Zircaloy cladding containing the UO2 fuel pellets. Radionuclides are contained in both the fuel pellets and the cladding. A small fraction (~7 %) of the spent fuel inventory consists of Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel. The fuel elements have an average burnup of ~48 GWd/tIHM.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
Spent fuel
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
1.01
Waste Relevance
Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant
SF
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.1.01, 2.1.02