Electronical and structural changes induced by the incorporation of Am into conventional fuels
Electronical and structural changes induced by the incorporation of Am into conventional fuels
Prieur, D.; Carvajal-Nunez, U.; Vigier, J.-V.; Somers, J.; Bes, R.; Martin, P.; Lebreton, F.; Caisso, M.; Delahaye, T.; Scheinost, A. C.; Hennig, C.; Pruessmann, T.; Vitova, T.; Kvashnina, K. O.
241Am is one of the most hazardous actinide isotopes present in the spent fuel Transmutation in fast neutrons reactors :
conversion of highly radioactive elements into short-lived isotopes
Dramatic reduction of the nuclear waste inventory (< 300 years)
Two strategies :
Homogeneous transmutation : Incorporation of MA in low concentration (<5%) to the conventional MOX fuel Am-MOX, Np-MOX, etc.
Heterogeneous transmutation : Incorporation of MA in high concentration (5-30%) in dedicated assemblies at the core periphery
(U,Am)O2, (Pu,Am)O2, etc.
Keywords: Transmutation; americium; XAFS
Involved research facilities
- Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF DOI: 10.1107/S1600577520014265
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- DOI: 10.1107/S1600577520014265 is cited by this (Id 20994) publication
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