6. Power generation in the reactor, resulting in irradiated or spent fuel.
7. Short-term storage of the spent fuel.
8. Reprocessing of the irradiated fuel and conversion of the residual uranium to uranium
hexafluoride, UF6 (for recycling through the gaseous diffusion plant for reenrichment) and/or
extraction of Pu239 (converted from U238) for recycling to the fuel-fabrication plant.
Reprocessing can reuse up to 96 percent of the original material in the irradiated fuel with 4
percent actually becoming waste.
9. Waste management, which includes long-term storage of high-level wastes.