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The different facilities of the reactor Phenix for radio isotope production and fission product burner

Abstract

During the last few years different tests have been made to optimize the blanket of the reactor. Year after year the breeding ratio has lost a part of interest regarding the production and availability of plutonium in the world. A characteristic of a fast reactor is to have important neutron leaks from the core. The spectrum of those neutrons is intermediate, the idea was to find a moderator compatible with sodium and stable in temperature. After different tests we kept as a moderator the calcium hydride and as a samply support, a cluster which is separated from the carrier. At the end we present the model used for thermalized calculations. The scheme is then applied to a heavy nuclide transmutation example (Np237 Pu238) and to fission product transmutation (Tc99). (authors). 9 figs.
Authors:
Coulon, P; Clerc, R; [1]  Tommasi, J [2] 
  1. Societe de Travaux en Milieu Ionisant (STMI), 75 - Paris (France)
  2. CEA Centre d`Etudes de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France). Dept. d`Etudes des Reacteurs
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1993
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CEA-CONF-11673; CONF-921003-
Reference Number:
SCA: 210500; 052000; PA: AIX-25:031786; EDB-94:067754; NTS-94:019468; SN: 94001192568
Resource Relation:
Conference: ANP`92: international conference on design and safety of advanced nuclear power plants,Tokyo (Japan),25-29 Oct 1992; Other Information: PBD: 1993
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PHENIX REACTOR; ACTINIDE BURNER REACTORS; IRRADIATION CAPSULES; COBALT 59; NEPTUNIUM 237; NEUTRON SPECTRA; TECHNETIUM 99; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; 210500; 052000; POWER REACTORS, BREEDING; WASTE MANAGEMENT
OSTI ID:
10144817
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes de la Vallee du Rhone, 30 - Marcoule (France). Direction des Reacteurs Nucleaires
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94622564; TRN: FR9401886031786
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
5 p.
Announcement Date:
May 09, 1994

Citation Formats

Coulon, P, Clerc, R, and Tommasi, J. The different facilities of the reactor Phenix for radio isotope production and fission product burner. France: N. p., 1993. Web.
Coulon, P, Clerc, R, & Tommasi, J. The different facilities of the reactor Phenix for radio isotope production and fission product burner. France.
Coulon, P, Clerc, R, and Tommasi, J. 1993. "The different facilities of the reactor Phenix for radio isotope production and fission product burner." France.
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abstractNote = {During the last few years different tests have been made to optimize the blanket of the reactor. Year after year the breeding ratio has lost a part of interest regarding the production and availability of plutonium in the world. A characteristic of a fast reactor is to have important neutron leaks from the core. The spectrum of those neutrons is intermediate, the idea was to find a moderator compatible with sodium and stable in temperature. After different tests we kept as a moderator the calcium hydride and as a samply support, a cluster which is separated from the carrier. At the end we present the model used for thermalized calculations. The scheme is then applied to a heavy nuclide transmutation example (Np237 Pu238) and to fission product transmutation (Tc99). (authors). 9 figs.}
place = {France}
year = {1993}
month = {Dec}
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