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Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel

Aug 23, 2024 · Used nuclear fuel has long been reprocessed to extract fissile materials for recycling and to reduce the volume of high-level wastes. Recycling today is largely based on

Backgrounder: Mixed Oxide Fuel.

Mar 29, 2024 · Under this plan, it would be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel to power existing U.S. commercial nuclear reactors. Burning MOX fuel in a reactor makes

Neutronic investigation of VVER-1000 assembly with mixed plutonium

Jul 29, 2025 · Plutonium accumulation from the operation of nuclear power plants presents a critical challenge for nuclear energy management, particularly due to the high decay heat and

Plutonium as an Energy Source

Sep 8, 2005 · The plutonium is put into oxide form, mixed with depleted uranium oxide (mainly uranium-238 with about 0.2 percent uranium-235) to make a mixed oxide fuel ("MOX fuel").

Mixed Oxide Fuels

Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel is a blend of reprocessed uranium, plutonium, and depleted uranium, which behaves similarly to the enriched fresh uranium feed for which most nuclear reactors

Bahamas Boosts Renewable Energy with New 132-MW Solar

Apr 5, 2025 · Get the latest Bahamas energy news: A landmark Power Purchase Agreement will deliver a 132-MW solar plant, cutting electricity costs and securing a sustainable future.

License for world''s first production line of uranium-plutonium

May 22, 2024 · An operating license for the world''s first production line for the innovative mixed uranium-plutonium nitride (MUPN) fuel has been obtained by the Russian state atomic energy

Bahamas Boosts Renewable Energy with New

Apr 5, 2025 · Get the latest Bahamas energy news: A landmark Power Purchase Agreement will deliver a 132-MW solar plant, cutting electricity

Plutonium as an Energy Source

Sep 8, 2005 · The plutonium is put into oxide form, mixed with depleted uranium oxide (mainly uranium-238 with about 0.2 percent uranium-235)

Plutonium Fuel

Jun 4, 2025 · The Working Party on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Requirements, in Nuclear Energy and Its Fuel Cycle: Prospects to 2025 (1) and earlier publications, have considered the regional and

Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel

Processing Perspective, and Products of ReprocessingHistory of ReprocessingReprocessing PoliciesReprocessing Today – PurexDevelopments of PurexPartitioning GoalsElectrometallurgical ''Pyroprocessing''Recycled Lwr Uranium and Used Fuel in PHWRsTransmutationNotes & ReferencesAll commercial reprocessing plants use the well-proven hydrometallurgical PUREX (plutonium uranium extraction) process, which separates uranium and plutonium very effectively. This involves dissolving the fuel elements in concentrated nitric acid. Chemical separation of uranium and plutonium is then undertaken by solvent extraction steps (neptunium...See more on world-nuclear Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)[PDF]

Plutonium Fuel - an assesement - oecd-nea

Jun 4, 2025 · The Working Party on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Requirements, in Nuclear Energy and Its Fuel Cycle: Prospects to 2025 (1) and earlier publications, have considered the regional and

License for world''s first production line of

May 22, 2024 · An operating license for the world''s first production line for the innovative mixed uranium-plutonium nitride (MUPN) fuel has been

Fabrication and reprocessing of mixed uranium

Apr 7, 2022 · The unique automated experimental complexes allowing to produce nitride uranium-plutonium fuel in the conditions of completely drained nitrogen inner-box atmosphere are created.

Thermogravimetric study of mixed uranium-plutonium fuel

Aug 15, 2022 · The use of mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel in fast reactors allows for a breeding ratio (BR) ≈ 1.06 with a rejection of the uranium blanket as well as the possibility of

Technical FAQs 4

Can plutonium be used as a nuclear reactor fuel?

The plutonium is put into oxide form, mixed with depleted uranium oxide (mainly uranium-238 with about 0.2 percent uranium-235) to make a mixed oxide fuel ("MOX fuel"). Thus, it would appear that even without breeder reactors, plutonium can be useful as a nuclear reactor fuel.

Can uranium irradiate plutonium?

In 2002, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed irradiating the plutonium. Under this plan, it would be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel to power existing U.S. commercial nuclear reactors. Burning MOX fuel in a reactor makes it difficult to use the plutonium for any other purpose.

What is uranium 235 & plutonium?

The total amount of fissile material (uranium-235 plus fissile isotopes of plutonium) must be kept below the design level -- in the vicinity of five percent for most LWRs. The plutonium is put into oxide form, mixed with depleted uranium oxide (mainly uranium-238 with about 0.2 percent uranium-235) to make a mixed oxide fuel ("MOX fuel").

Can plutonium be used as fuel?

Further, the spent fuel rods from LWRs typically contain about 0.7 percent fissile isotopes of plutonium. This plutonium, while far less than the amount of fissile material used in the reactor, can be re-extracted for use as fuel. However, most reactors are not designed to operate on pure plutonium.

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