Table 2-1. Alternatives for the management of SRS nuclear materials.
| Material | Continuing Storage (No Action) | Processing to Metal | Processing to Oxide | Blending Down to Low Enriched Uranium | Processing and Storage for Vitrification (DWPF)a | Vitrification (F-Canyon) | Improving Storage |
| Stable material |  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plutonium-242 | 
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|
| - |
|
| - |
| Americium and curium |
| - |
| - |
|
| - |
| Neptunium |
| - |
| - |
|
| - |
| H-Canyon plutonium-239 solutions |
|
|
| - |
|
| - |
| H-Canyon enriched uranium solutions |
| - |
|
|
| - | - |
| Plutonium and uranium stored in vaults |
|
|
| - |
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|
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| Mark-31 targets |
|
|
| - |
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|
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| Mark-16 and -22 fuels |
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
| Other aluminum-clad fuel and targets |
| - | - | - |
| - |
|
a. DWPF = Defense Waste Processing Facility.
= Preferred alternative.
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