Fluorine or a fluorine compound is subjected to a reaction with a spent
oxide fuel to produce fluorides of uranium and plutonium, and recovering
the fluorides using a difference in volatility behavior. The method
includes steps of: subjecting a mixture of UO.sub.2 and PuO.sub.2 with
hydrogen fluoride mixed with hydrogen to HF-fluorinate uranium and
plutonium into UF.sub.4 and PuF.sub.3; subjecting UF.sub.4 and PuF.sub.3
with a fluorine gas to F.sub.2-fluorinate uranium and plutonium into
UF.sub.6 and PuF.sub.6; and fractionating UF.sub.6 and PuF.sub.6 using a
difference in phase change of obtained UF.sub.6 and PuF.sub.6, removing a
part of UF.sub.6, and volatilizing the remaining UF.sub.6 and PuF.sub.6
at the same time. By such a reprocessing method, PuF.sub.4 hard to
undergo a reaction is prevented from being formed as an intermediate
fluoride, the material of a reactor is hard to be corroded, and a
consumption of expensive fluorine gas is reduced.