Waste Management

Argonne Project ‘Could Significantly Change Way Nuclear Fuel Is Recycled’

By David Dalton
26 March 2025

Method could ‘reduce the size, safety and cost barriers’

Argonne Project ‘Could Significantly Change Way Nuclear Fuel Is Recycled’
Spent nuclear fuel at a wet storage facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Courtesy DOE.
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are researching a new approach to uranium and transuranic element recovery that could significantly change the way nuclear fuel recycled.

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