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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge gratefully the financial support provided by the
Ontario Ministry of Environment through its Research Excellence Fund and
the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Nomenclature

Discharge burn-up, GJ/kg U
B d
Ex dest Exergy destruction, MJ
Ex in Exergy input, MJ
Ex flow Exergy of a matter flow, MJ
Ex kin Kinetic exergy, MJ
Ex o Chemical exergy, MJ
Exergy output, MJ
Ex out
Ex h Physical exergy, MJ
Ex ot Potential exergy, MJ

Ex Q Exergy of thermal energy, MJ
m u Mass of uranium fuel, kg
η^ Exergy efficiency
Q Heat,MJ
T. System temperature, K

T 0 Reference environment temperature, K
x Natural uranium U-235 concentration
n
x Enriched uranium U-235 concentration
v Uranium tailings U-235 concentration
x t

Acronyms

AP Acidification potential
CML Center of Environmental Science of Leiden University
EEA Extended exergy analysis
EP Eutrophication potential
ExLCA Exergetic life cycle assessment
GHG Greenhouse gas
G WP Global warming potential

ISO International Organization for Standardization
LCA Life cycle assessment