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The applications of nuclear energy extend beyond providing power to the electrical grid. Advanced nuclear technologies may soon have new applications in oil and gas facilities, in hospitals and clinics, on the open seas, and on the moon.
A June 1 executive session, “How Nuclear Technologies will Shape the Future Energy Economy,” at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference allowed experts have an open discussion on the future of nuclear advancements in multiple sectors.
P. Wydler, W. Heer, P. Stiller, H. U. Wenger
Nuclear Technology | Volume 49 | Number 1 | June 1980 | Pages 115-120
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety / Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32512
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In view of the considerable amount of 237Np produced as a by-product in nuclear power reactors, possible utilization of this nuclide in the nuclear fuel cycle has been studied. In particular, the performance of a gas-cooled fast breeder reactor as a neptunium burner was assessed. In a neptunium burner, a major fraction of the 237Np is converted to 238Pu. The 238Pu could be discharged and used to fabricate denatured plutonium fuel elements for light water reactors (LWRs), which are considered to be more proliferation-resistant than ordinary plutonium fuel elements. A strategy was developed and mass flows were computed for a denatured plutonium LWR strategy using uranium, plutonium, and neptunium recycling.