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Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Volume 1, 2009
Interest in expanding nuclear power globally continues to grow and various studies are underway to examine all issues associated with much expanded nuclear programmes. The most open questions today are related to the security and non-proliferation implications and to the disposal of radioactive wastes.
Charles McCombie, Neil Chapman, Thomas H. Isaacs   +2 more
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Futuristic back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle with the partitioning of minor actinides

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2007
For future back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle, the partitioning of minor actinides: Np, Am and Cm, followed by their transmutation will minimize importantly the radiotoxicity of nuclear glass waste. In this paper, the research done in France and in Europe will be presented: (i) partitioning of Np by modified PUREX process, (ii) partitioning of Am and ...
Madic, C., Bouillis, B., Baron, P., Testard, F., Hudson, M. J., Liljenzin, J. O., Christiansen, B., Ferrando, M., Facchini, A., Geist, A., Modolo, G., Espartero, A. G., Mendoza, J. de   +12 more
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Euratom R&D Programmes on the Back-End of the Fuel Cycle

Revue Générale Nucléaire, 2005
EURATOM has been supporting R&D on the back-end of the fuel cycle for several decades. At present, the research activities in this area comprise work on Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) of long-lived radionuclides in nuclear waste and on geological disposal. Societal and public involvement issues associated with waste management and local democracy
M. Hugon, V. P. Bhatnagar, S. Casalta, M. Raynal, S. Webster   +4 more
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Back end of Indian nuclear fuel cycle-A road to sustainability

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2017
Abstract Indian policy of ‘closed fuel cycle’ implies reprocessing of the spent fuel thereby recycling the uranium and plutonium extracted from the spent fuel. Reprocessing leads to the generation of intermediate and high-level liquid wastes containing various radionuclides that need to be contained for periods ranging from few years to thousands of ...
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Austenitic Stainless Steels for Back End of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Advanced Materials Research, 2013
Austenitic stainless steels have received much attention in recent years due to their excellent combination of corrosion, mechanical and wear properties. They are finding wide applications in chemical, power, oil, refinery, biomedical, marine sectors and other industries where both good mechanical properties and excellent corrosion and wear resistances
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The Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Technical and Economic Analysis—Part I: Once-Through Cycle

Nuclear Technology, 1990
The back end of the nuclear fuel cycle has been analyzed under current conditions in the United States, taking into consideration the framework defined by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and its amendments. The different steps of the back end of the fuel cycle are studied and different alternatives are compared under technical and economic ...
Jordi Roglans-Ribas, Bernard I. Spinrad
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Potential Fuel Cycle Back-End for Thorium Fuel Cycle

2021
Xiangzhou Cai, Zhiguang Wang
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Actinides and radiation effects: impact on the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle

Mineralogical Magazine, 2011
AbstractDuring the past 70 years, more than 2000 metric tonnes of Pu, and substantial quantities of the ‘minor’ actinides such as Np, Am and Cm, have been generated in nuclear reactors. Some of these transuranium elements can be a source of energy in fission reactions (e.g.239Pu), a source of fissile material for nuclear weapons (e.g.239Pu and2Np), and
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Problems in the thermodynamics of the actinides in relation with the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1993
Abstract After a brief review of the importance of the actinides in the problematics of nuclear waste disposal, a short description of the difficulties to be overcome in the analysis and the speciation of these elements in natural aqueous media will be made. Emphasis will then be placed on problems encountered in evaluating the solubility of actinide
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Multilateral approach to the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in Asia-Pacific?

Energy Policy, 2016
Abstract In spite of the nearly unprecedented scale of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident which caused countries around the world to review their nuclear power systems and to rethink their nuclear power expansion plans, nuclear power capacity continues to grow, spearheaded by the Asia-Pacific region.
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