Control of civilian plutonium inventories using burning in a non-fertile fuel

The increasing inventories of plutonium generated by commercial nuclear power production represent a potential source for proliferation of nuclear weapons. To address this threat we propose separating the plutonium from the other constituents of commercial reactor spent fuel and burning it in a non-...

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Published in:Journal of nuclear materials 1997-05, Vol.245 (1), p.17-26
Main Authors: Oversby, V.M., McPheeters, C.C., Degueldre, C., Paratte, J.M.
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