Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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Across
  1. 1. Type of light water reactor
  2. 4. Process of increasing the concentration of U-235.
  3. 9. Facility where controlled nuclear fission occurs.
  4. 11. Concentrated uranium oxide produced at a mill.
  5. 13. A chemical plant designed to extract uranium from mined ore.
  6. 16. The first step in the nuclear fuel cycle.
  7. 18. Used as a leaching agent
Down
  1. 2. General term for material requiring disposal after fuel use
  2. 3. Abbreviation of agency responsible for licensing a disposal facility.
  3. 5. Recovery of usable materials from spent nuclear fuel.
  4. 6. Leftover material after uranium extraction at a mill.
  5. 7. Container used for transporting or storing spent nuclear fuel.
  6. 8. Metal tube containing fuel pellets.
  7. 10. Rock containing enough uranium to be economically extracted.
  8. 12. These are mechanically loaded into fuel rods.
  9. 14. Element used as fuel in most commercial reactors.
  10. 15. Splitting of an atomic nucleus that releases energy.
  11. 17. Chemical form of uranium used during enrichment.