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Studies of Metallic Uranium Fuel and Mixed Moderator Systems in Pressurized Water Reactors [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1978.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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vp : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
This report is a summary of work performed for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency under Contract AC7NC122. The work is directly related to the Agency effort to examine potential alternative fuel cycles that might enhance uranium resource utilization, minimize plutonium production, and reduce the need for reprocessing of spent light water reactor (LWR) fuel. Two alternative fuel cycles are examined in this report: (1) the possible use of metallic fuel in LWR fuel elements, and (2) the use of mixture of light water and heavy water as coolant/moderator in a pressurized water reactor. In both cases, calculations of survey nature were performed to determine the basic characteristics of the two cycles -- reactivity, fuel depletion isotopics, uranium resource requirements and plutonium production. Results of these calculations are presented, together with a discussion of the state-of-the-art and design considerations relative to the utilization of metallic fuel.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:ssa--107
ssa--107
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/1978.
"ssa--107"
": AC7NC122"
Turner, S.E.; Mitchell, W. III; Kirby, K.D.; Gurley, M.K.; Roach, K.E.
Southern Science Applications, Inc., Dunedin, FL (US)
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (US)
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Topical;
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