Present status and enhancement of facility capability in NUCEF for the safety research and development of base technology on nuclear fuel cycle

Conference · Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:23142259

Tsubata, Yasuhiro; Maeda, Atsushi; Ohno, Akio; Sugikawa, Susumu; Takayanagi, Masaji; Takeshita, Isao ^[1]

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1. Japan Atomic Energy Research lnstitute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, ibaraki-ken, 319-1195 (Japan)

The research programs conducted in NUCEF are related to safety improvement and advancement of technology on the nuclear fuel cycle back-end. Hot operation of this facility was started in 1994 and experimental researches are currently in steady progress. Criticality experiments have been performed in order to obtain basic data on fuel solution and furthermore preparation for plutonium experiments is being conducted. Aiming at base technology development on fuel reprocessing and waste management, various experiments are carried out in hot cells and glove boxes. In this paper present status and future direction of R and D activities in NUCEF are described.

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 23142259
• Resource Relation: Conference: Global'99: International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems - Nuclear Technology - Bridging the Millennia, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Aug - 3 Sep 1999; Other Information: Country of input: France; 15 refs.; available from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
COMMERCIALIZATION
CRITICALITY
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL SOLUTIONS
GLOVEBOXES
HOT CELLS
OPERATION
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REPROCESSING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS