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Conference Article: Experience with fast reactor fuels containing minor actinides: Transmutation rates and radiation doses

Nicolaou, G.; Richter, K.; Koch, L. (Commission of the European Communities, Karlsruhe (Germany). European Inst. for Transuranium Elements); Prunier, C. (CEA Centre d'Etudes de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France))

Abstract

The preparation and post-irradiation examination of minor actinide-containing oxide fuels used in the irradiation experiments SUPERFACT in the fast reactor PHENIX, have provided the opportunity to investigate the transmutation rate of minor actinides and the occupational dose during handling of such material. The experimental findings on the transmutation rates and the radiation dose levels, and their comparison with calculated values will be reported.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Safety and environmental aspects of partitioning and transmutation of actinides and fission products. Proceedings of a technical committee meeting, Vienna, 29 November - 2 December 1993
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--783, pp:203-208