POSSIBILITY OF RADIATION-EQUIVALENT DISPOSAL OF WASTES DURING REPROCESSING

摘要

An attractive aspect of the Proryv project is that radiation-equivalence of waste disposal is secured. This requires that the spent fuel be reprocessed in an on-site plant with separation and recycling of hazardous long-lived actinides and fission products into the reactor as part of the regenerated fuel for subsequent transmutation. The remaining wastes must undergo deep purification before disposal and allowed to cool down in order to achieve radiation balance between them and the uranium extracted from the earth.