Spent nuclear fuel/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Spent nuclear fuel.

Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction.

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