Published 2002
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Role of Minor Actinides for Long-Life Reactor Cores
Creators
- 1. Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152 (Japan)
- 2. Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute, 31, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Description
The paper addresses the study on advanced fuel cycles for LWR oriented to high burnup values that exceed 100 GWd/tHM, thus giving the chance to establish the long-life reactor cores without fuel reloading on site. The key element of this approach is a broad involvement of Minor Actinides whose admixture to 20% enriched uranium fuel provides safe release of initial reactivity excess and improved proliferation resistance properties. (authors)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Nuclear Society - ANS
- Imprint Place
- La Grange Park (United States)
- ISBN
- 0-89448-663-2
- Imprint Pagination
- 7 p.
Conference
- Title
- 2002 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants
- Acronym
- ICAPP'02
- Dates
- 9-13 Jun 2002
- Place
- Hollywood, FL (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 40044603
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; ENRICHED URANIUM; FUEL CYCLE; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROLIFERATION; REACTIVITY; REACTOR CORES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; URANIUM
Optional Information
- Notes
- 9 refs.