Chop and Leach

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Procedure in reprocessing plants to break up the fuel rods. The irradiated fuel rods are cut into pieces a few centimetres in size using a mechanical device and the nuclear fuel and fission products are then leached from the fuel element cladding tubes using nitric acid in a dissolving tank.

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11 - 15 March 2018
Munich, Germany

30 September - 04 October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic