Role of Minor Actinides for Long-Life Reactor Cores

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002

OSTI ID:21167858

Saito, M; Artisyuk, V ^[1]; Shmelev, A ^[2]; Nikitin, K; Peryoga, Y

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1. Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152 (Japan)
2. Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute, 31, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow (Russian Federation)

The paper addresses the study on advanced fuel cycles for LWR oriented to high burnup values that exceed 100 GWd/tHM, thus giving the chance to establish the long-life reactor cores without fuel reloading on site. The key element of this approach is a broad involvement of Minor Actinides whose admixture to 20% enriched uranium fuel provides safe release of initial reactivity excess and improved proliferation resistance properties. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21167858
• Resource Relation: Conference: ICAPP'02: 2002 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants, Hollywood, FL (United States), 9-13 Jun 2002; Other Information: Country of input: France; 9 refs
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
BURNUP
ENRICHED URANIUM
FUEL CYCLE
NUCLEAR FUELS
PROLIFERATION
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORES