Multiple recycle of REMIX fuel based on reprocessed uranium and plutonium mixture in thermal reactors

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:22257898

Fedorov, Y. S.; Bibichev, B. A.; Zilberman, B. Y. ^[1]; Baryshnikov, M. V.; Kryukov, O. V.; Khaperskaya, A. V. ^[2]

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1. RPA - V.G.Khlopin Radium Institute, St-Petersburg (Russian Federation)
2. State Corporation ROSATOM, Moscow (Russian Federation)

REMIX fuel consumption in WWER-1000 is considered. REMIX fuel is fabricated from non-separated mixture of uranium and plutonium obtained during NPP spent fuel reprocessing with further makeup by enriched natural uranium. It makes possible to recycle several times the total amount of uranium and plutonium obtained from spent fuel with 100% loading of the WWER-1000 core. The stored SNF could be also involved in REMIX fuel cycle by enrichment of regenerated uranium. The same approach could be applied to closing the fuel cycle of CANDU reactors. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22257898
• Resource Relation: Conference: GLOBAL 2013: International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference - Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads, Salt Lake City, UT (United States), 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2013; Other Information: Country of input: France; 5 refs.; Related Information: In: Proceedings of GLOBAL 2013: International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference - Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads| 1633 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
CANDU TYPE REACTORS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL CYCLE
MIXTURES
NATURAL URANIUM
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PLUTONIUM
REPROCESSING
SPENT FUELS
WWER TYPE REACTORS