A METHOD FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PLUTONIUM BY IRRADIATION IN A LIGHT WATER REACTOR
摘要
This invention relates to a method for the destruction of plutonium (Pu) by irradiation in a light water reactor (LWR). According to the invention Pu is mixed with highly enriched uranium (U) in roughly equal weight proportion rates. This mixture is embedded in an inert matrix of a material whose components have an atomic number significantly lower than 92. LWR fuel pins are then produced therefrom and these pins are inserted in a LWR in place of certain normal LWR fuel pins. The irradiation time of the fuel pins containing Pu is significantly longer than that of said normal pins. The irradiation is preferably repeated after about 200 years without any reprocessing of the spent fuel.
申请公布号
WO9702575(A1)
申请公布日期
1997.01.23
申请号
WO1996EP02915
申请日期
1996.07.03
申请人
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM);MAGILL, JOSEPH;MATZKE, HANSJOACHIM;NICOLAOU, GEORGE;PEERANI, PAOLO;VAN GEEL, JACQUES
发明人
MAGILL, JOSEPH;MATZKE, HANSJOACHIM;NICOLAOU, GEORGE;PEERANI, PAOLO;VAN GEEL, JACQUES