Radioactive Waste: The Problem of Plutonium

Systems under development for the recovery of plutonium from spent fuel and its recycling in fresh fuel would not significantly reduce either the total $\alpha $-activity or the amount of fissile plutonium in radioactive waste relative to what is possible with once-through fuel cycles.

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1980-10, Vol.210 (4467), p.319-321
Main Authors: Krugmann, Hartmut, Von Hippel, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Energy
Half lives
High temperature gas cooled reactors
Humans
Liquid metal fast breeder reactors
Neutrons
Nuclear fuels
Plutonium
Radiation, Ionizing
Radioactive Waste
Recycling
Spent fuels
Uranium
Water Pollutants, Radioactive - toxicity
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Summary:Systems under development for the recovery of plutonium from spent fuel and its recycling in fresh fuel would not significantly reduce either the total $\alpha $-activity or the amount of fissile plutonium in radioactive waste relative to what is possible with once-through fuel cycles.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.7423191