Published November 1991 | Version v1
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Effect of improved target designs on the 238Pu production at the Fast Flux Test Reactor

Creators

  • 1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

Description

This paper present the results of a series of calculations made to determine the 238Pu production potential of several advanced target assembly designs in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). These calculations show that by using advanced target designs the intimately mix the 237Np target material with an yttrium hydride moderator, the FFTF has the potential of producing up to 30 kg of high-quality 238Pu per year

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
64
Series
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
Journal Page Range
197-198
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSA

Conference

Title
1991 Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) session on fundamentals of fusion reactor thermal hydraulics.
Dates
10-15 Nov 1991.
Place
San Francisco, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23079444
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAPTURE; COBALT; DESIGN; FFTF REACTOR; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL MANAGEMENT; HANFORD RESERVATION; IMPURITIES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; JAPAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; MODERATORS; NEPTUNIUM 237; NEUTRON REACTIONS; PLUTONIUM 238; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; SPACE POWER REACTORS; SWITZERLAND; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; US DOE; YTTRIUM HYDRIDES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ASIA; BARYON REACTIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; HADRON REACTIONS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MOBILE REACTORS; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OPERATION; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAFETY; SHUTDOWN; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; TESTING; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; US ORGANIZATIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-911107--.