FORMATION OF TRANSURANIUM ISOTOPES IN POWER REACTORS
In recent years there has been an increased interest in the use of transuranium isctopes for special power applications. Moreover, as the civilian power reactor economy expands, a large quantity of such isotopes will be formed in reactors using slightly enriched uranium fuel and, more particularly, in reactors which recycle the higher isotopes they form. This report, consisting mainly of computer printouts, indicates the yields of transuranium isotopes from different fueling methods. Since water reactors will be the predominate type of power reactor for at least a decade, most of the values presented here are derived from simulated water reactors.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(45-1)-1830
- OSTI ID:
- 1054762
- Report Number(s):
- BNWL-140 (REV. 1)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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