FMDP reactor alternative summary report. Volume 1 - existing LWR alternative

Technical Report · Mon Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/416978· OSTI ID:416978

Greene, S R; Bevard, B B ^[1]

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Significant quantities of weapons-usable fissile materials [primarily plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU)] are becoming surplus to national defense needs in both the United States and Russia. These stocks of fissile materials pose significant dangers to national and international security. The dangers exist not only in the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons but also in the potential for environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) consequences if surplus fissile materials are not properly managed. This document summarizes the results of analysis concerned with existing light water reactor plutonium disposition alternatives.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 416978
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-13275/V1; ON: DE97001636; TRN: 97:001871
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 7 Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
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NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
FISSILE MATERIALS
PROLIFERATION
SECURITY
MIXED OXIDE FUELS
FUEL CYCLE
BWR TYPE REACTORS
MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT