Nuclear fuel recycling

Nuclear fuel recycling allows more efficient nuclear fuel usage and less buildup of nuclear waste. Nuclear power reactors are designed to minimize plutonium build up and much of the plutonium that is produced inside the reactor is used during an ordinary fuel cycle. 

In Japan, fast reactor development program symbolises national nuclear fuel recycling program, as it is stated in the national long-term plan [2.3]. The experimental fast reactor Joyo has shown excellent performance for more than 20 years. The prototype reactor Monju (280 MW(e)) was stopped temporarily due to the leak in the non-radioactive secondary circuit in 1995. The design of demonstration fast reactor (DFBR-600 MW(e)) is in progress [2.4, 2.5]. 

Handling nuclear waste (from power plants and weapons facilities) has also seen some creative approaches, including nuclear-fuel recycling, vitrification, and underground storage. Nuclear-fuel recy-... 

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Whilst 1994 had a sad start, particularly for fast reactors with the closure of the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) the period since has seen many successes for the UK nuclear industry. The Utilities efforts have been rewarded with significant improvements in the operation efficiency of existing reactors and the UK s first Pressurised Water Reactor at Sizewell B achieved criticality on 31 January 1995. Good progress has also been achieved with a number of fuel cycle facilities which will make a major contribution to nuclear fuel recycle, ie ... 

Global Status of Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling.448... 

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