Recycling of plutonium
Recycling of plutonium

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment

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Published: 1977

Total Pages: 1218

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Physics of Plutonium Recycling
Physics of Plutonium Recycling

Author: Nuclear Energy Agency

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9789264199576

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This report examines the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) in order to discover the number of times plutonium can effectively be recycled. In particular, it describes an exercise based on a realistic, multiple-recycle scenario, which followed plutonium through five generations of recycling in a PWR. It considers both a standard PWR design currently in use and a highly moderated design, in order to provide a better understanding of their relative merits, as well as giving an insight into the limitations of multiple recycling and the long-term toxicity of fission products and actinides.