Firewood for atomic furnaces
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Authors
Editor: Masha Potashova Designers: Anton Mizinov, Lera Bazankova, Denis Zaporozhan Programmers: Andrei Bogachyov Vladimir Kononov Creative Director: Alexander Vershinin Head: Mikhail Simakov Art Director: Anton Stepanov
Nuclear fuel cycle
Nuclear
fuel
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The nuclear fuel cycle is the lifespan
of nuclear fuel from ore to a storage
facility. If spent fuel is removed from
a reactor and then buried, this cycle
is called open. In a closed cycle, spent
fuel is reprocessed and reused
0 man Sv
Doses that nuclear fuel cycle company personnel may receive
Listed are the standard estimated doses in man Sv per giga-
watt-year of electricity generated. Man Sv is a unit of overall
radiation dosage, or the sum total of individual effective doses,
in a group of people over a certain period of time