'Nonproliferating' nuclear fuel for light water reactors

Yigal Ronen; Yehoshua Kimhi

doi:10.13182/NT91-A34599

'Nonproliferating' nuclear fuel for light water reactors

Yigal Ronen
, Yehoshua Kimhi

Unit of Nuclear Engineering

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A 'nonproliferating' fuel for light water reactors is proposed. The nonproliferating aspects of the fuel are obtained by increasing the ²³⁸Pu/Pu ratio to 5% and above. This limit is maintained during the entire fuel cycle and, in particular, at low burnup values. The high value of the ²³⁸Pu/Pu ratio is obtained by introducing ²³⁷Np into the fuel. Some waste disposal aspects associated with ²³⁷Np are also discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-138
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Technology
Volume	96
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34599
State	Published - 1 Jan 1991

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