Disposition of plutonium as mixed oxide nuclear fuel
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
The US Department of Energy is now in the process of examining a number of alternatives to the dispositioning of surplus plutonium resulting from the dismantlement of nuclear weapons, the excess of assorted plutonium forms, and the stabilization of processing residues. The Fissile Material Disposition Program (FMDP) is examining several disposition alternatives that involve the fabrication of mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel for use in either US light water reactors or Canadian CANDU reactors. Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with several other national laboratories, is supplying critical programmatic and technical analyses to support the FMDP`s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision efforts in the area of nuclear fuels technologies. This paper will summarize the ongoing activities and past accomplishments in the nuclear fuels technologies area.
- OSTI ID:
- 268093
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960306--; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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