Published July 1993 | Version v1
Report

The re-use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) reprocessed in Europe

Creators

  • 1. NUKEM GmbH, Alzenau (Germany)

Description

After the shut-down of the U.S. reprocessing plants for spent research fuel at Savannah River and Idaho Falls research reactor operators outside the US have been facing the dilemma to close their fuel cycle elsewhere. In Europe the British AEA and the French Cogema have decided to offer reprocessing of spent research reactor fuel in order to close the existing gap. The re-use of reprocessed HEU in Europe strongly depends on the preparedness of European manufacturers of fuel elements for research reactors to accept the reprocessed uranium as base material for their production

Part of:
Reduced enrichment for research and test reactors: Proceedings

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Reduced enrichment for research and test reactors: Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
376 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 204-209.
Report number
ANL--RERTR/TM-19

Conference

Title
1992 international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors.
Dates
27 Sep - 1 Oct 1992.
Place
Roskilde (Denmark).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-9209266--.