Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 1999 International RERTR Meeting
The French Development Program for a UMo Fuel
22nd RERTR
October 1999 in Budapest
R. Romano (CERCA), JL. Nigon (COGEMA),
A. Languille (CEA),
E. Le Borgne (Technicatome), H. Freslon (Framatome)
Abstract
Until now high density U3Si2
fuels were satisfactory for LEU conversion of certain reactors, but their use
is limited because their density is physically limited to 5,8 gU/cm3
and they have very poor reprocessing capacities. After the end of the present
US return policy in may 2006, the reactor operators will be indeed in a very
difficult position with silicides. The international community is thus
interested in a very high density fuel with good reprocessing capacities in
order to convert most reactors and to find a back end solution.
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