Neutronic and Logistic Proposal for Transmutation of Plutonium from Spent Nuclear Fuel as Mixed-Oxide Fuel in Existing Light Water Reactors

2004 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly R. Trellue
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Water Reactors

A new approach to spent nuclear fuel recycling for light water reactors in the frame of remix concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Nikita Vladimirivich Kovalyov ◽  
Boris Yakovlevich Zilberman ◽  
Nikolay Dmitrievich Goletskiy ◽  
Andrey Borisovich Sinyukhin
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Water Reactors

scholarly journals Spent nuclear fuel shipping cask handling capabilities of commercial light water reactors

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. Daling ◽  
G.J. Konzek ◽  
A.J. Lezberg ◽  
E.F. Votaw ◽  
M.I. Collingham
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Water Reactors

Concepts for Dry Processing of Spent Nuclear Fuel for Recycling to Light-Water Reactors

1999 ◽  
Vol 608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Christian ◽  
James Sterbentz ◽  
David Abbott ◽  
K.R. Czerwinski ◽  
R. Cacciapouti
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Dry Processing ◽  
Water Reactors

scholarly journals On the possibility to improve mixed uranium-plutonium fuel in fast reactors

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Eliseev ◽  
Dmitry A. Klinov ◽  
Noël Camarcat ◽  
David Lemasson ◽  
Clement Mériot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Composition ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Fast Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Fuel Cycles ◽  
Mox Fuel ◽  
Water Reactors ◽  
Operational Activities

Accumulation of plutonium extracted from the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of light water reactors is one of the central problems in nuclear power. To reduce out-of-the-reactor Pu inventory, leading nuclear power countries (France, Japan) use plutonium in light water power reactors in the form of MOX fuel, with half of Pu fissioning in this fuel. The rest of Pu cannot be reused easily and efficiently in light water reactors because of the high content of even isotopes. Plutonium for which there are no potential consumers is accumulated. Unlike thermal reactors, fast reactors take plutonium of any isotopic composition. That makes it possible to improve plutonium isotopic composition and to reduce the fraction of even isotopes to the level that allows reuse of such plutonium in thermal reactors. The idea of changing the isotopic composition of Pu in fast reactors is well-known. The originality of the research lies in applying this idea to combine the fuel cycles of fast and thermal reactors. Pu isotopic composition can be improved by combining certain operational activities in order to supply fuel to thermal and fast reactors. Scientific and technological justification of the possibility will let Russian BN technologies and French MOX fuel technologies work in synergy with thermal reactors.

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