ICNEA 2530—Nuclear fuel processing

Where 2530 sits

1. C Manufacturing industry
2. 25 Petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries
3. 253 Nuclear fuel processing
4. 2530 Nuclear fuel processing

What 2530 includes

• Refers to the extraction of uranium from bituminous uranium ore or other uranium-containing ores, the production of enriched uranium, the smelting and processing of uranium metals, and other radioactive elements, isotope labeling, and the manufacture of fuel components for nuclear reactors, including nuclear waste disposal activities related to nuclear fuel processing.
• Including the processing activities of the following nuclear fuels：
• Rare radioactive metal smelting products: polonium, radium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, artificial polonium, artificial neptunium, artificial polonium, etc;
• Fusion, dispersion or mixture of natural uranium and its compounds;
• Enriched uranium and its compounds, plutonium and its compounds;
• Depleted uranium and its compounds, thorium and its compounds;
• Other radioactive elements, isotope markers, or compounds;
• Un-radiated fuel elements for nuclear reactors;
• Nuclear fuel extraction, concentration and processing;
• Nuclear waste disposal.

What 2530 excludes

• Nuclear radiation processing, included in 4120 (nuclear radiation processing).

2530 in other systems