Published 2013
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Assessment of a transuranic mixed oxide fuelled CANDU reactor
Description
The extraction of transuranic actinides from spent fuel and use in current thermal reactors is an important step to providing an intermediary option before use in fast reactor fuel cycle in order to remove actinides from the nuclear waste stream. A transuranic mixed oxide fuel can provide a high level of burnup and actinide reduction in a current CANDU reactor. The effects of this fuel change on operations and performance must be assessed to ensure the reactor still operates within its designed envelope. Operational evaluations of this fuel/reactor combination are made and compared to a standard natural uranium configuration detailing a similar performance envelope. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Canadian Nuclear Society
- Imprint Place
- Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- ISBN
- 978-1-926773-13-1
- Imprint Title
- Nuclear the next generation. 34th Annual Canadian Nuclear Society conference and 37th CNS/CNA student conference
- Imprint Pagination
- 78 Megabytes
- Journal Page Range
- [19 p.]
Conference
- Title
- 34. Annual Canadian Nuclear Society conference; 37. CNS/CNA student conference
- Dates
- 9-12 Jun 2013
- Place
- Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 47120143
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTINIDES; BURNUP; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SPENT FUELS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 21 refs., 5 tabs., 8 figs.