2. Generic issues related to the nuclear fuel cycle
2.1 Transporting radioactive materials
The nuclear fuel cycle industry generates numerous shipments of radioactive materials, both within the borders of the countries concerned and between different countries. These materials come in a wide variety of forms. They are mainly : uranium concentrates from mines (yellow cake), uranium fluorides (UF 6 or UF 4 ), uranium oxides (UO 2 , U 3 O 8 ), natural, depleted or enriched, uranyl nitrate (URT, §
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