A study has been made of the processes available for fabrication of plutonium-containing fuel from a fast ceramic reactor, and for chemical reprocessing of irradiated fuel.nRadiations from recycled plutónium are evaluated. Adaptation of conventional glove-box handling procedures to the fabrication of recycle plutónium appears practical.nIt is concluded that acceptable costs are obtainable using moderate extensions of conventional glove-box fabrication methods and wet processing techniques, provided a signi¬ficant volume of production is available. The minimum economic scale for the preferred chemical reprocessing method, anion exchange, is about 500 MWe of reactor capacity.
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