Configuration Adjustment Potential of the VHTR Prismatic Cores with Advanced Actinide Fuels

摘要

In the conventional closed fuel cycle, recoveredminor actinides are treated and stored as high levelwastes. Partitioning and transmutation engineeringtechnologies offer their incineration and may potentiallyprovide additional fuel supply.The proposed earlierDeep-Burn concept suggests thermal neutrontransmutation of minor actinides in the HTGR prismaticcores taking advantage of actinide nuclear properties.