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Using reactor grade plutonium in PWR: CORAIL and IMF options

Butt et al., 2016

Document ID
9697562992160698685
Author
Butt H
Saleem C
Ahmad M
Publication year
Publication venue
2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)

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In nuclear reactors, plutonium is continuously being produced due to the presence of U-238 in the fuel. The need of the hour is to look for the ways to utilize this plutonium to overcome the uranium fuel shortages in future. To utilize the plutonium inventory from these reactors …
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