Table 5: Spent fuel arisings, and reprocessing and MOX fuel fabrication requirements, in Path II (reprocessing and recycle strategy)

   
2000

 
  2010   2020   2030   2040   2050 

Non-reprocessed spent fuel arisings
(thousands tHM/y)
7.9 7.2 5.1 4.5 4.8 5.0
Reprocessing requirements
(thousands tHM/y)
2.5 3.5 7.0 9.8 12.2 14.7
MOX fuel fabrication requirements
(thousands tHM/y)
0.27 0.40 0.70 1.2 1.6 1.9

Alternative Nuclear Paths To 2050:
Ivan Vera, Evelyne Bertel & Geoffrey Stevens

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