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http://dx.doi.org/10.5516/NET.2007.39.3.161

TECHNICAL RATIONALE FOR METAL FUEL IN FAST REACTORS  

Chang, Yoon-Il (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.39, no.3, 2007 , pp. 161-170 More about this Journal
Abstract
Metal fuel, which was abandoned in the 1960's in favor of oxide fuel, has since then proven to be a viable fast reactor fuel. Key discoveries allowed high burnup capability and excellent steady-state as well as off-normal performance characteristics. Metal fuel is a key to achieving inherent passive safety characteristics and compact and economic fuel cycle closure based on electrorefining and injection-casting refabrication.
Keywords
Fast Reactor; Metal Fuel; Inherent Safety; Pyroprocessing;
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