Method of increasing the deterrent to proliferation of nuclear fuels
Patent
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OSTI ID:6982999
A process is claimed of recycling protactinium-231 to enhance the utilization of radioactively hot uranium-232 in nuclear fuel for the purpose of making both fresh and spent fuel more resistant to proliferation. The uranium-232 may be obtained by the irradiation of protactinium-231 which is normally found in the spent fuel rods of a thorium base nuclear reactor. The production of protactinium-231 and uranium-232 would be made possible by the use of the thorium uranium-233 fuel cycle in power reactors.
- Assignee:
- Department Of Energy
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4344912
- OSTI ID:
- 6982999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FUEL CYCLE
FUELS
HEAVY NUCLEI
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MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PROLIFERATION
PROTACTINIUM 231
PROTACTINIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
THORIUM CYCLE
THORIUM REACTORS
URANIUM 232
URANIUM 233
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
055001 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Safeguards
Inspection
& Accountability-- Technical Aspects
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FUEL CYCLE
FUELS
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PROLIFERATION
PROTACTINIUM 231
PROTACTINIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
THORIUM CYCLE
THORIUM REACTORS
URANIUM 232
URANIUM 233
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES