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Conference Article: Status of minor actinide transmutation study at CRIEPI

Sasahara, A.; Kurata, M. (Central Research Inst. of Electric Power Industry, Tokyo (Japan))

Abstract

The study of the partitioning and transmutation of minor-actinides (MA) are of great value on future nuclear fuel cycle. We have been studying neutronic characteristics of MA transmutation in a metallic fuel FBR and material characteristics of MA contained fuel. In the present study, we analyzed 1) the reactivity temperature coefficient and the reactivity feedback behaviour under the anticipated transient without scram (ATWS) with simple asymptotic method, and we measured 2) the properties of MA contained fuel such as phase stability under the cooperation of CRIEPI and JRC-Karlsruhe.

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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:37-42