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Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 1 | January 1967 | Pages 18-25
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27820
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Crossed-progeny fueling systems are those in which a reactor, such as a PWR, would burn 233U in natural uranium and supply plutonium to a D2O reactor, which in turn would burn the plutonium in thorium and supply 233U for the PWR. Optimum moderator-to-fuel ratios are determined for these systems. They are influenced noticeably by plutonium credits but little by processing costs. Conversion ratios, neutron balances, and fuel cycle costs are calculated. Uranium-233 in natural uranium is an attractive fuel in a PWR, but plutonium-in-thorium, which does not appear attractive in a PWR, does appear so in a D2O-moderated reactor.