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Surplus plutonium for power reactor fuel: What’s on offer
The Department of Energy has a plan for private companies to “dispose of surplus plutonium”—about 19.7 metric tons in both oxide and metal forms—by “making the materials available for advanced nuclear technologies.” A Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program request for applications (RFA) issued October 21 describes the plutonium on offer, and the “thresholds” prospective applicants must meet.
M. Beller, D. Goellner, M. Steinberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | August 1965 | Pages 322-326
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20529
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An evaluation of the economics of producing ozone from oxygen in a system utilizing fission fragment energy is presented with a study of the design of such a system. The study covers a range of G values for ozone formation from 3 to 15 and chemonuclear reactor ozone concentrations from 10 parts/106 to 10% at an operating temperature of −20°C. A graphite-moderated nuclear reactor design, which utilizes a 2.5-µm thick U-Pd alloy foil as fuel elements, is employed. Ozone is separated by silica-gel adsorption; decontamination procedures are described. Investment and operating costs for the chemonuclear and conventional methods of ozone production are compared for an ozone production rate of 100 ton/d. It is concluded that the chemonuclear route becomes competitive with conventional ozonizers at a steady-state concentration of 0.1% ozone for a G value of 9 and at a concentration as low as 150 parts/106 for a G value of 15. The study indicates the need for research on fission fragment and radiation chemistry in the ozone-oxygen system at temperatures from 20°C to −78°C for determining the feasibility of these yields.