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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
G. E. Bingham, B. R. Wheeler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 49 | Number 2 | July 1980 | Pages 233-242
Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32486
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A production facility to solidify radiation liquid wastes is being built at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant. The facility will use fluidized-bed technology and in-bed combustion to convert 11400 ℓ/day (net) of radioactive wastes from the liquid to the solid form. This solidification process makes the wastes easier and safer to handle and store, reduces the volume by a factor of ten, and places this waste in a form suitable for long-term or permanent storage.