Light water breeder reactor using a uranium-plutonium cycle

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1982-05-14

1990-11-06

Jordan, Charles T.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Nuclear transmutation

By neutron bombardment

376182, 376346, 376348, 376349, 376351, 376911, G21C 104

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049684760

ABSTRACT:
A light water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor for breeding fissile material on a uranium-plutonium cycle and also a method of operating a light water cooled and moderated reactor having a prebreeder section fueled from plutonium extracted from fuel discharged by a uranium burner or converter burner core. Subsequently, the prebreeder section, together with a breeder section, operated as coupled cores or modules, becomes self-sustaining and able to breed fissile plutonium fuels at a relatively high rate of gain.

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