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Plutonium Coated Particle Production for HTR Fuel Elements. Dragon Project Report

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The technology of fabricating plutonium-bearing coated particle fuel for HTR's has advanced sufficiently to make an assessment of plutonium coated particle fuel production. The design of a suitable kernel and coating for power reactor fuel is elaborated and the fabrication route specified in order to estimate production costs. It is concluded that for an initial 3,000 MW(e) HTR programme based on the feed and breed fuel cycle with plutonium/thorium, the plutonium feed coated particle fabrication costs will be about L210-220/kg fissile isotopes. This is within 5% of the fabrication cost for U-235 feed fuel estimated using the same costing convention. (author)

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30 p.
Report number
DP-R--534

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United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54049051
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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DESIGN; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUEL PARTICLES; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; POWER REACTORS; THORIUM; URANIUM 235
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUELS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GERMAN FR ORGANIZATIONS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WESTERN EUROPE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Document from Juelich Preservation Project; 15 refs., 5 figs., 6 tabs.