Published November 1980 | Version v1
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Processing of FRG mixed oxide fuel elements at General Atomic under the US/FRG cooperative agreement for spent fuel elements

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The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the United States (US) are cooperating on certain aspects gas-cooled reactor technology under an umbrella agreement. Under the spent fuel treatment section of the agreement, FRG fuel spheres were recently sent for processing in the Department of Energy sponsored cold pilot plant for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) fuel processing at General Atomic Company in San Diego, California. The FRG fuel spheres were crushed and burned to recover coated fuel particles. These particles were in turn crushed and burned to recover the fuel-bearing kernels for further treatment for uranium recovery. Successful completion of the tests described in this paper demonstrated the applicability of the US HTGR fuel treatment flowsheet to FRG fuel processing. 10 figures

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Imprint Pagination
17 p.
Report number
GA-A--16111

Conference

Title
ANS international conference.
Dates
17 - 21 Nov 1980.
Place
Washington, DC, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12587583
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL PELLETS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; PILOT PLANTS; REPROCESSING; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM CYCLE; THORIUM OXIDES; URANIUM DIOXIDE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; AGREEMENTS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-801107--37.