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Conference Article: Studies on thorium fuel cycle in Japan

Hirakawa, H. (Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan))

Abstract

The official policy of Japanese government concerning nuclear energy is to pursue ²³⁸U-Pu fuel cycle. On one hand, a large number of university professors, together with some of the research staffs of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), has performed several research projects on the thorium fuel cycle as the future nuclear energy with the support of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. These projects ended in 1993, but several activities have been continued after that.

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key words: accelerator driven transmutation; flibe; japan; mixed oxide fuels; molten salt fueled reactors; thorium cycle; thorium fluorides; transmutation; uranium tetrafluoride

Reference:: Proceedings of three IAEA meetings held in Vienna in 1997, 1998 and 1999; International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); IAEA-TECDOC--1319, pp:42-53