Elcos

Elcos
Author: Jean Marie Paratte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 81
Release: 1996
Genre:
ISBN:

Physics and Fuel Performance of Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition

Physics and Fuel Performance of Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition
Author: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This publication presents workshop results which reviewed existing technical information from the civil nuclear power programmes that are beneficial to weapons-grade plutonium disposition.

Physics of Plutonium Recycling

Physics of Plutonium Recycling
Author: Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: Nuclear and Dev
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2003
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789264199057

The commercial recycling of plutonium as PuO2/UO2 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel is an established practice in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) in several countries, the main motivation being the consumption of plutonium arising from spent fuel reprocessing.