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... , 5 to 20 weight % zirconium, and up to ~ ~ weight % uranium. ~ The MWF also contains noble metal fission products at a combined concentration of O to 4 weight % and lower concentrations of actin~des including plutonium.
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... 3 Waste Form Acceptance Requirements for Molter Salt Electrorefining of Spent Nuclear Fuel, NT Technical Memorandum No. 8, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1995, pp.
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