PLUTONIUM TRANSMUTATION IN THORIUM FUEL CYCLE

Juraj Breza1,2, Petr Darilek1, Vladimir Necas2 1 VUJE Inc., Trnava, Slovakia 2 Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia

17th Symposium of AER on VVER Reactor Physics and Reactor Safety (2007, Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine, back then))
ACTINIDE TRANSMUTATION AND SPENT FUEL DISPOSAL

Abstract

The study of thorium fuel cycle with plutonium as a supporting fissile material was performed under VVER-440 and PWR conditions. Our analysis was focused on the plutonium transmutation potential, amount of separated plutonium in equilibrium cycle and total amount of finally disposed plutonium. Calculations were performed by the HELIOS spectral code.

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