Composite Fuels in Inert Matrix for a Plutonium Multirecycling Strategy in PWRs
Problems arising from the accumulation of plutonium stock, whether from civil origin or resulting from arms reform, are beginning to be well defined, and a major international effort has been undertaken. Obviously, elements of solutions to problems linked to multirecycling and plutonium in-reactor optimization may be found in the short and medium runs by taking into account the capacities of composite fuels in an inert matrix in the fields of neutronics and material sciences. A composite fuel without uranium in an inert matrix increases the consumption of plutonium, as the conversion source ({sup 238}U) is eliminated at design. The presented plutonium multirecycling scenario shows that balancing the incoming-outgoing plutonium fluxes for the French pool is possible, and if approximately a third of the pool uses this type of fuel, fluxes may very rapidly be balanced.
- Research Organization:
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (FR)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- none (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 786274
- Report Number(s):
- ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; TRN: US0109317
- 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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