Published October 1987
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Journal article
The actinide waste problem in Th-233U cycle and fusion breeders
Description
The amount of long-lived byproduct actinides (BPA) such as Np, Am, Cm etc. produced in the Th-233U cycle is found to be significantly less than that from presently used uranium fuelled reactors. It is shown that the potential biological hazard arising from HLW generated from thorium fuelled reactors wherein fusion breeder generated 238U-free-enriched-233U is used as the initial fissile component is much smaller than that from present day uranium fuelled reactors. (author). 8 refs., 2 figs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulletin of Radiation Protection
- Journal Volume
- 10
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Bull. Radiat. Prot.
- Journal Page Range
- 49-56
- CODEN
- BRPRD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 20030182
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMERICIUM 241; AMERICIUM 243; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CURIUM 243; CURIUM 244; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NEPTUNIUM 237; O CODES; RADIATION HAZARDS; THORIUM; THORIUM CYCLE; URANIUM 233
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; COMPUTER CODES; CURIUM ISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUEL CYCLE; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES