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Spent nuclear fuel is fuel that has been removed from a nuclear reactor once it no longer is efficient at powering the reactor. Once a year, approximately one-third of the nuclear fuel is replaced with new fuel. This used fuel is called spent nuclear fuel and is highly radioactive; containing plutonium and ther radionuclides. V.
