Pyroprocessing on EnergyNotehttps://energynote.kr/en/tags/pyroprocessing/Recent content in Pyroprocessing on EnergyNoteHugoen-USThu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0900Reprocess or bury? The world map of spent-fuel policy, and why Korea can't decidehttps://energynote.kr/en/posts/reprocessing-vs-disposal/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0900https://energynote.kr/en/posts/reprocessing-vs-disposal/<p>Every fuel assembly that leaves a reactor core has to go somewhere, and for seventy years the nuclear world has argued over where.</p> <p>There are only two real destinations. <strong>Reprocessing</strong> dissolves the fuel and pulls out the uranium and plutonium that can be used again. <strong>Direct disposal</strong> leaves the fuel as it is, seals it in a container and buries it in deep rock.</p>