Transmutation in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Approaches and Impacts

Lowenthal, Micah D.

doi:10.13182/nt02-a3295

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“…A recent paper by Lowenthal (2002) notes that "transmutation can be described as reducing disposal inventories by increasing current h they are tored. The water is actively cooled by pumping it through a heat ls n opriate for SNF that is past the initial period aft olatile fission products and protect the fuel from ch d ical protection for the fuel.…”

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End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States

Eurasia¹

2003

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. Support for this study was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under cooperative agreement number DE-FG28-97NV12056. All opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Energy.

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End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States

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2003

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“…SNF reprocessing can significantly reduce the radioactive waste and support the principle of non-proliferation of fissile materials, which have received much attention. [1][2][3][4] Pyrometallurgical techniques based on molten salt electrochemical processes are considered as one of the most promising alternatives for the recycling of SNF, in which actinides (uranium and Plutonium) are recovered from molten salts, [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] while active fission products such as rare earths, strontium, and cesium accumulate in the molten salt. Since rare earth elements have a property of very large thermal neutron absorption cross-sections, for example, 149 Sm has neutron absorption cross section of 4.08 × 10 4 barn at 0.025 eV, in order to recycle the molten salt, it is necessary to remove them from molten salt.…”

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