Characteristics of a 100% MOX-fueled PWR design for weapons plutonium disposition

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7129946

Biswas, D; Rathbun, R W ^[1]; Garkisch, H D ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
2. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

The feasibility of a 100% mixed-oxide (MOX)-fueled core utilizing weapons-grade plutonium in a 600-MW(electric) pressurized water reactor (PWR) called PDR600 has been studied as a part of the Plutonium Disposition Study under a U.S. Department of Energy contract. This paper presents the core design characteristics for one alternative of that study, whose basic objective is to transform, in 16 yr of operation, 100 tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium to a form similar to commercial spent-fuel discharge.

• OSTI ID: 7129946
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 69
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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