Nuclear Technology · 2004 · 21 citations · 1 references
EngineeringMaterials ScienceNuclear EngineeringNuclear ChemistryNuclear MaterialsRadioactive Waste ManagementActinide MaterialsCeramic Nuclear MaterialsFuel DepletionLow-level Radioactive WasteNuclear Fuel ChemistryNuclear Fuel MaterialsActinide CeramicsActinide Fuel MaterialsActinide TransmutationChemical PropertiesInert Matrix Fuel DevelopmentIsotope DepletionNeptunium MaterialsNeutron Absorption Cross Section
The technical and economic aspects of the use of molybdenum depleted in the isotope 95Mo (DepMo) for the transmutation of actinides in a light water reactor are discussed. DepMo has a low neutron absorption cross section and good physical and chemical properties. Therefore, DepMo is expected to be a good inert matrix in ceramic-metal fuel. The costs of the use of DepMo have been assessed, and it was concluded that these costs can be justified for the transmutation of the actinides neptunium, americium, and plutonium.
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