A PWR Self- Contained Actinide Transmutation System

Elements of the new Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative in the US call for the expansion of domestic use of nuclear power and the minimization of nuclear waste. To achieve both goals in the short term the transmutation of trans-uranic (TRU) elements in Combined Non- Fertile and Ur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shatilla, Y., Hejzlar, Pavel, Kazimi, Mujid S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
Format: Technical Report
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75215