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Title:
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PLUTONIUM FUEL USE
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Subject Terms:
FUELS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERINGPLUTONIUM - ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1964 Apr 03
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
21
Accession Number:
RL-1-382390
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3459
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 10
Description/Abstract:
PU VALUES OF $10 TO $12/GRAM, FISSILE ARE LIKELY FIRM FLOOR VALUES. SINCE THESE VALUES ARE BASED ON DIRECT REPLACEMENT OF THE SLIGHTLY ENRICHED U02 OXIDE FUEL CORE WITH PU AND U OXIDES, THIS SYSTEM CAN BE APPLIED AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE PRTR AND IN THE EBWR. WHILE DEVELOPMENT OF REFINEMENTS SUCH AS REDUCED DENSITY PU-U FUELS, AND OF PU-240 AS A CONTROL DEVICE WILL TEND TO INCREASE, OR AT LEAST LEVEL OUT, PU VALUES; THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A SOUND BEGINNING TO PU USE IN THERMAL REACTORS.