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Title: The integral fast reactor (IFR) concept: Physics of operation and safety

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6198515
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The IFR concept employs a pool layout, a U/Pu/Zr metal alloy fuel and a closed fuel cycle based on pyrometallurgical reprocessing and injection casting refabrication. The reactor physics issues of designing for inherent safety and for a closed fissile self-sufficient integral fuel cycle with uranium startup and potential actinide transmutation are discussed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6198515
Report Number(s):
CONF-870424-14; ON: DE87011533; TRN: 87-030073
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Nuclear Society international meeting on advances in reactor physics, mathematics and computation, Paris, France, 27 Apr 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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