Merits and Feasibility of Pu-Er-Zr Oxide as LWR Fuel
Conference
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OSTI ID:786273
The use of plutonium inert matrix fuel (IMF) assemblies in current light water reactors (LWRs) represents a promising approach for the effective reduction of the large plutonium-inventories, both reactor grade (RG) and weapons grade (WG), that have accumulated worldwide. This paper presents the status of Swiss research and development efforts toward establishing the viability of Pu-Er-Zr oxide as an IMF that could be introduced into pressurized water reactors (PWRs) without basically changing fuel assembly and core designs.
- Research Organization:
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (CH); Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- none (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 786273
- Report Number(s):
- ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; TRN: US0109316
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2000 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (US), 06/04/2000--06/08/2000; Other Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Volume 82; PBD: 4 Jun 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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