Nuclear fuel

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In accordance with the definition of the Atomic Energy Act, nuclear fuel consists of special fissile substances in the form of

• plutonium-239 and plutonium-241,

• with the isotopes 235 or 233 enriched uranium,

• substances containing one or several of the aforementioned substances,

• substances with the aid of which a self-perpetuating chain reaction can be upheld in a suitable plant (reactor) and which are determined in an ordinance having the force of law.

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