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TIME AFTER SEPARATION ( years)<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-DWG 75-2938R3<br />

Fig. 3.2-2. Relative Radiotoxicity of FBR Plutonium Fuel, HTGR Fuel (93% 233U/U)<br />

and LWR Uranium Fuel as a Function of <strong>the</strong> Time after Separation at Reprocessing Plant.<br />

It is noted that Fig. 3.2-2 applles to fresh fuel as a function of time after separation,<br />

presuming it has been released to <strong>the</strong> environment.<br />

from <strong>the</strong> resuspension of radioactive materials deposited on terrestrial surfaces. A dose<br />

commitment curve for denatured 233U fuel would be expected to lie slightly below <strong>the</strong> given<br />

curves for HTGR fuel ; however, <strong>the</strong> denatured fuel would remain significantly more hazardous<br />

from a radiological standpoint than LWR uranium fuel.<br />

Inhalation long after release could result

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