MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

3838 A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor has a decladding vessel separating fuel pellets from nuclear fuel rods via oxidation to produce UO. A fluorination vessel is coupled to the decladding vessel to remove hexafluorides from the UOproduced by the decladding vessel. An electrowinning vessel is coupled to the fluorination vessel removing plutonium and actinides via electrowinning.