Recovery of weapon plutonium as feed material for reactor fuel

Technical Report · Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10142307· OSTI ID:10142307

Armantrout, G A; Bronson, M A; Choi, Jor-Shan ^[1]

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This report presents preliminary considerations for recovering and converting weapon plutonium from various US weapon forms into feed material for fabrication of reactor fuel elements. An ongoing DOE study addresses the disposition of excess weapon plutonium through its use as fuel for nuclear power reactors and subsequent disposal as spent fuel. The spent fuel would have characteristics similar to those of commercial power spent fuel and could be similarly disposed of in a geologic repository.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10142307
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-117010; ON: DE94009977
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 16 Mar 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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