pellets, which are similar to the fuel loaded initially. They reacquire special techniques for their management and disposal.
Nuclear waste is the material that nuclear fuel becomes after it is used in a reactor. It looks exactly like the fuel that was loaded into the reactor assemblies of metal rods enclosing stacked-up ceramic pellets. But since nuclear reactions have occurred, the contents aret quite the same.
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