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Economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing: a case study of the Windscale Thorp plant

Abstract

The economics of the THORP fuel reprocessing plant under construction at Windscale in Cumbria are discussed, comparing the costs of reprocessing with disposal of oxide fuels. The possibility of a fast reactor programme in the UK is then introduced into the discussion and the economics of using reprocessed plutonium as the fuel considered.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1980
Product Type:
Book
Reference Number:
AIX-14-780401; EDB-83-166697
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; ECONOMICS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; REPROCESSING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; EUROPE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUELS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLID FUELS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN EUROPE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 050800* - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
OSTI ID:
5870960
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Availability:
University of Aberdeen, Department of Political Economy Pound1.50.
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 62
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Jones, P, and Pearce, D. Economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing: a case study of the Windscale Thorp plant. United Kingdom: N. p., 1980. Web.
Jones, P, & Pearce, D. Economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing: a case study of the Windscale Thorp plant. United Kingdom.
Jones, P, and Pearce, D. 1980. "Economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing: a case study of the Windscale Thorp plant." United Kingdom.
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