Which elements should be recycled for a comprehensive fuel cycle?

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1595-1603

  Piet, Steven ^a   Bjornard, Trond ^a   Dixon, Brent ^a   Gombert, Dirk ^a   Laws, Chris ^a   Matthern, Gretchen ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ALKALI METALS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CESIUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HEALTH; HEAT RESISTANCE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; ISOMERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORES; PACKAGING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEPARATION; STRONTIUM; TECHNETIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; DEPLETED URANIUM (DU); ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FUEL CYCLES; GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL; HEAT LOADS; IODINE 129; LOW LEVEL WASTE (LLW); NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; PHYSICAL SECURITY; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TECHNETIUM 99; TRANSURANICS (TRU); URANIUM ORES; WASTE FORMS; WASTE PACKAGE (WP);

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 45149095884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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