
doi: 10.2172/10117074
The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) under development by Argonne National Laboratory uses metallic fuels instead of ceramics. This allows electrorefining of spent fuels and presents opportunities for recycling minor actinide elements. Four minor actinides ({sup 237}Np, {sup 240}Pu, {sup 241}Am, and {sup 243}Am) determine the waste storage requirements of spent fuel from all types of fission reactors. These nuclides behave the same as uranium and other plutonium isotopes in electrorefining, so they can be recycled back to the reactor without elaborate chemical processing. An experiment has been designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the high-energy neutron spectra of the IFR in consuming these four nuclides and weapons grade plutonium. Eighteen sets of seven actinide and five light metal targets have been selected for seven day exposure in the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II which serves as a prototype of the IFR. Post-irradiation analyses of the exposed targets by gamma, alpha, and mass spectroscopy are used to determine nuclear reaction rates and neutron spectra. These experimental data increase the authors confidence in their ability to predict reaction rates in candidate IFR designs using a variety of neutron transport and diffusion programs.
Test, 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants, Breeding, Ebr-2 Reactor 220600, Plutonium 240, Burnup, Actinides, Nuclear Fuels, Fuel Cycle, Training, Neptunium 237, Radioactive Waste Management, 210802, Reactor Kinetics, 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors, Progress Report, Ifr Reactor, Research, Production, Americium 243, Americium 241, Demonstration Programs, 540, Plutonium, Power Reactors, Experimental Data, Irradiation, Materials Testing Reactors, 210500
Test, 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants, Breeding, Ebr-2 Reactor 220600, Plutonium 240, Burnup, Actinides, Nuclear Fuels, Fuel Cycle, Training, Neptunium 237, Radioactive Waste Management, 210802, Reactor Kinetics, 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors, Progress Report, Ifr Reactor, Research, Production, Americium 243, Americium 241, Demonstration Programs, 540, Plutonium, Power Reactors, Experimental Data, Irradiation, Materials Testing Reactors, 210500
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