Separation of Nuclear Fuel Surrogates from Silicon Carbide Inert Matrix

[摘要] The objective of this project has been to identify a process for separating transuranic species from silicon carbide (SiC). Silicon carbide has become one of the prime candidates for the matrix in inert matrix fuels, (IMF) being designed to reduce plutonium inventories and the long half-lives actinides through transmutation since complete reaction is not practical it become necessary to separate the non-transmuted materials from the silicon carbide matrix for ultimate reprocessing. This work reports a method for that required process.l

[发布日期] 2008-12-15

[学科分类] 核能源与工程

[关键词] ACTINIDES;INVENTORIES;NUCLEAR FUELS;PLUTONIUM;REPROCESSING;SILICON CARBIDES;TRANSMUTATION