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U.S. Plans for the Next Fast Reactor Transmutation Fuels Irradiation Test.

DE2008924521

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Hilton, B. A.
Page Count	5
Abstract	The U.S. Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) seeks to develop and demonstrate the technologies needed to transmute the long-lived transuranic actinide isotopes contained in spent nuclear fuel into shorter-lived fission products, thereby dramatically decreasing the volume of material requiring disposal and the long-term radio-toxicity and heat load of high-level waste sent to a geologic repository. One important component of the technology development is actinide-bearing transmutation fuel forms containing plutonium, neptunium, americium (and possibly curium) isotopes. Metallic alloy and oxide fuel forms are being developed as the near term options for fast reactor implementation.
Keywords	Actinide nuclei Fast reactors Transmutation Alloys Americium Curium Fission products Fuel cycle Implementation Irradiation Neptunium Nuclear fuels Oxides Plutonium Radioactive waste disposal
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200820
Contract Number	DE-AC07-99ID-13727

U.S. Plans for the Next Fast Reactor Transmutation Fuels Irradiation Test.

U.S. Plans for the Next Fast Reactor Transmutation Fuels Irradiation Test.
DE2008924521

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Hilton, B. A.
Page Count	5
Abstract	The U.S. Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) seeks to develop and demonstrate the technologies needed to transmute the long-lived transuranic actinide isotopes contained in spent nuclear fuel into shorter-lived fission products, thereby dramatically decreasing the volume of material requiring disposal and the long-term radio-toxicity and heat load of high-level waste sent to a geologic repository. One important component of the technology development is actinide-bearing transmutation fuel forms containing plutonium, neptunium, americium (and possibly curium) isotopes. Metallic alloy and oxide fuel forms are being developed as the near term options for fast reactor implementation.
Keywords	Actinide nuclei Fast reactors Transmutation Alloys Americium Curium Fission products Fuel cycle Implementation Irradiation Neptunium Nuclear fuels Oxides Plutonium Radioactive waste disposal
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200820
Contract Number	DE-AC07-99ID-13727