Safety Issues Associated With Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Paperback)

Foreword; Th.A. Parish, et al. Acknowledgments; Th.A. Parish, et al. General Considerations for Plutonium Usage/Disposition. 1. The U.S.-Russian Joint Studies on Using Power Reactors to Disposition Surplus Weapons Plutonium as Spent Fuel; A. Chebeskov, et al. 2. Current State of and Near Term Prospects for Plutonium Management in Russia; A.M. Dmitriev. 3. The Role of Nuclear Power in Sustainable Development; V. Mourogov, et al. 4. Plutonium Disposition Research and Related Activities at the Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium; D.R. Boyle, R.S. Hartley. 5. The ISTC Projects Related to Plutonium Utilization and Disposition (Overview); A. Gerard, L.V. Tochenity. Fuel cycle and reprocessing aspects of plutonium usage. 6. Waste Partitioning and Transmutation as a Mear Towards Long-Term Risk Reduction; E.R. Merz. 7. Nuclear Criticality Safety Aspects of the Utilization of Weapons-Grade Plutonium in MOX fuel Using Current BNFL Technology; L.M. Farrington, P.E. Broome. 8. Reducing the Proliferation Risk of Weapons Plutonium by Mixing with Reactor-Grade Plutonium; R. Reimers, D. Von Ehrenstein. 9. COGEMA's Contribution to the Recycling of Military Plutonium; C. de Turenne. 10. Plutonium Incineration in LWRs. The First Step in the Double Strate Fuel Cycle; J. Magill, et al. 11. State of the Art and Outlook for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the Russian Federation; M.I. Solonin, et al. 12. On-Site Spent Fuel Management Based on Electrorefining; V.A. Khotylev, et al. Plutonium Usage in existing/Near-term Reactors. 13. Prospects For Improvement ofVVER Fuel Management and MOX Utilization; A.N. Novikov. 14. Use of Uranium-Erbium and Plutonium-Erbium Fuel in RBMK Reactors; A.A. Balygin, et al. 15. Plutonium Management and Actinide Burning in CANDU Reactors; P.S.W. Chan, et al. 16. The Next Stage in Nuclear Power Development: Improved Pu Usage, Safety, Radioactive Waste and Non-Proliferation Features; V.V. Orlov. 17. Neutronic Aspects of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Utilization in the VVER-1000 Fuel Cycle; N.I. Belousov, et al. 18. Validation of the MCU/RFFI/A Code for Applications to Plutonium Systems and Use of the MCU/RFFI/A Code for Verification of Physics Design Codes Intended for Calculations of VVER Reactor Performance With MOX Fuel; M.A. Kalugin. 19. Development of Neutronic Models for Two Types of Reactors Based on the SAPFIR Package of Universal Algorithms; V. Artemov, et al. 20. Performance Modeling for Weapons MOX Fuel in Light Water Reactors; K.L. Peddicord, J. Alvis Jr. Plutonium Usage and Advanced Reactors. 21. Nuclear Power Systems Using Fast Reactors to Reduce Long-Lived Wastes; V.I. Matveev, et al. 22. Plutonium-Fueled LMFRs: Problems of Design Optimization for Self-Protection; A.M. Kuzmin, V.S. Okunev. 23. Equilibrium, Proliferation Resistant, Closed Fuel Cycles for LWRs; A.N. Chmelev, et al. 24. Delayed Neutron Data for Actinides Obtained from Global Level Measurements; T.A. Parish, W.S. Charlton. 25. Burning of Plutonium in Advanced Modular Pebble Bed HTRs: The Most Effective and Safe Way for Disposition; M. Khorochev, et al. 26. Denaturing Ex-Weapons Plutonium; A.G. Tsikunov, et al. Au