The Centre today denied that it has considered to transport the Spent Nuclear Fuel, SNF, to Russia from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Dr. Jitendra Singh said the SNF is a valuable recyclable fuel that can be reprocessed to produce more fuel for the next stage of reactors. India follows a closed fuel cycle to fully utilize the SNF.<br />''    <br />''He said the spent fuel from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plants is planned to be stored till it is taken up for reprocessing in a safeguarded reprocessing facility in the future.