Published July 1982
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Safety problems in fast reactor fuel cycle
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Fast neutron reactors fuels have a high proportion of plutonium and undergo severe irradiation. Risks during spent fuel reprocessing and subsequent fabrication will depend on isotopic composition, fission product content, physico-chemical form of products, quantities handled. These risks (criticality, contamination, irradiation) are listed for the different steps of the cycle and methods used to control the risks (chemical reaction yields, equipment reliability, intervention, conditions...) are indicated. Problem arising from wastes and effluents produced at each step are briefly given
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Le combustible des reacteurs a neutrons rapides contient une proportion importante de plutonium et subit un taux d'irradiation eleve. Les risques engendres par le traitement des combustibles irradies puis la fabrication dependront des compositions isotopiques des matieres, des teneurs en produits de fission, des differentes formes physico-chimiques des produits, des quantites manipulees. Ces risques (criticite, contamination, irradiation ...) sont recenses aux differents stades du cycle et les methodes mises en oeuvre pour les maitriser (rendement chimique, fiabilite des appareils, modalites d'intervention...) sont indiquees. Enfin, les problemes souleves par les dechets et effluents engendres sont abordes aux differents stadesFiles
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Les problemes de surete dans le cycle du combustible des reacteurs rapides
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 9 p.
- Report number
- CEA-CONF--6416
Conference
- Title
- International topical meeting on liquid metal fast breeder reactor safety and related design and operational aspects.
- Dates
- 19 - 23 Jul 1982.
- Place
- Lyon (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 14732054
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; RADIATION HAZARDS; REVIEWS; SAFETY
- Descriptors DEC
- DOCUMENT TYPES; FUEL CYCLE; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS