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Conference Article: Experimental investigations concerning the problem of minor actinide transmutation

Bednyakov, S.M.; Doulin, V.A.; Matveenko, I.P.; Tsibulya, A.M.; Zvonarev, A.V. (Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Obninsk (Russian Federation). Fiziko-Ehnergeticheskij Inst.)

Abstract

A systematic investigation of MA transmutation started at BFS assemblies in 1991. The first experiments were carried out using absolute calibrated fission chambers and reactivity perturbations by a small MA sample.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Use of fast reactors for actinide transmutation. Proceedings of a specialists meeting, Obninsk, Russian Federation, 22-24 September 1992. Mar 1993.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--693, pp:109-113