Neutron transmutation of radwaste nuclides in nuclear fuel cycle: Conceptual considerations

Conference · Thu Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:100852

Nikipelov, B V; Kudryavtsev, E G ^[1]; Murogov, V M; Kagramanyan, V S; Rabotnov, N S; Troyanov, M F ^[2]; Lazarev, L N ^[3]; Zakharkin, B S ^[4]

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1. Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russia, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Inst. of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk (Russian Federation)
3. Khlopin Radium Inst., St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
4. Bochvar Inst. of Inorganic Materials, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Neutron transmutation as an option for reducing long-lived radiotoxicity of radwaste in a closed nuclear fuel cycle is discussed on a conceptual level. The burning of minor actinides, as well as plutonium, in fast reactors is the presently accessible method. Tc-99 is the only rational candidate for transmutation in thermal neutron systems among fission products.

• OSTI ID: 100852
• Report Number(s): CONF-930906--; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
ACTINIDES
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
CURIUM ISOTOPES
FAST REACTORS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEPTUNIUM 237
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
REACTOR KINETICS
SPENT FUELS
TECHNETIUM 99
TRANSMUTATION