Advances in HTGR spent fuel treatment technology

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6900012

Holder, N D; Lessig, W S

GA Technologies, Inc. has been investigating the burning of spent reactor graphite under Department of Energy sponsorship since 1969. Several deep fluidized bed burners have been used at the GA pilot plant to develop graphite burning techniques for both spent fuel recovery and volume reduction for waste disposal. Since 1982 this technology has been extended to include more efficient circulating bed burners. This paper includes updates on high-temperature gas-cooled reactor fuel cycle options and current results of spent fuel treatment testing for fluidized and advanced circulating bed burners.

• Research Organization: GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-84SF11964
• OSTI ID: 6900012
• Report Number(s): GA-A-17625; CONF-840802-7; ON: DE84015973
• Resource Relation: Conference: International topical meeting on fuel reprocessing and waste management, Jackson Hole, WY, USA, 26 Aug 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL CYCLE
SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
REPROCESSING
BURNERS
COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
GRAPHITE
CARBON
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTORS
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
MINERALS
NONMETALS
OXIDATION
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
050800* - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
210300 - Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Graphite Moderated