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Title: Hot startup experience with electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel

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OSTI ID:357075

The treatment of spent metal fuel from the EBR-II fast reactor commenced in June of 1996 at the Fuel Conditioning Facility on the Argonne-West site in Idaho, USA. During the first year of hot operations, 20 fuel assemblies entered processing and 6 low enrichment uranium product ingots were produced. Results are presented for the various process steps with decontamination factors achieved and equipment operational history reported.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
357075
Report Number(s):
ANL/TD/CP-93948; CONF-971004-9; ON: DE97053869
Resource Relation:
Conference: GLOBAL `97: international conference on future nuclear systems, Yokohama (Japan), 5-10 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English