# The Nuclear Safeguards (Notification) Regulations 2004, Paragraph: INTRODUCTORY NOTE


Dissolvers normally receive the chopped-up spent fuel. In these critically safe vessels, the irradiated nuclear material is dissolved in nitric acid and the remaining hulls removed from the process stream.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1255/schedule/part/II/paragraph/wrapper13n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-safeguards-notification-regulations-2004/schedule/part-II/paragraph-wrapper13n1
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