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Production of minor actinides in the commercial fuel cycle

Conference ·
OSTI ID:434395
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The minor actinides are an inevitable by-product of the production of electricity with thermal reactors. This paper will review the mechanisms of production of the principal minor actinides ({sup 237}Np, {sup 241}Am, and {sup 243}Am) and their expected concentrations in spent fuel from commercial power reactors as well as in Pu produced from reprocessing these types of spent fuels. All the results shown are derived from calculations done using the ORIGEN2 reactor code.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
434395
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--96-3511; CONF-9610228--1; ON: DE97001101
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
66 PHYSICS
ACTINIDES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM 243
BETA DECAY
BURNUP
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CANDU TYPE REACTORS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
NEPTUNIUM 237
NEUTRON REACTIONS
O CODES
PLUTONIUM 241
PLUTONIUM 243
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR PHYSICS
REPROCESSING
SPENT FUELS
URANIUM 237