Safety Issues Associated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: 23 (NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1, 23) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 079235592X ISBN 13: 9780792355922

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

The "VOLGA" conferences, hosted in odd-numbered years by the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Reactor Physics of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), are some of the most prestigious technical meetings held in Russia. Traditionally, these conferences present the opportunity for reactor physicists from around the world to gather at MEPhI's holiday camp on the banks of the Volga river (near Tver) to exchange ideas and explore innovative concepts related to nuclear power development. In 1997, NATO became involved in the "VOLGA" meetings for the first time by co-sponsoring "VOLGA97" as an advanced research workshop. This workshop broke with tradition a bit in that the venue was moved from MEPhI's holiday camp to a location nearer Moscow. The workshop program was effectively organized in order to cover a broad range of topics relating to the theme of the meeting. Generally, the papers concerned safety­ related questions associated with utilizing both weapons-grade and reactor-grade plutonium in the nuclear fuel cycle, including facility requirements, licensing issues, proliferation risks, and a variety of advanced concepts for alternative fuel cycles. The program contained a total of ninety-nine papers presented in five days of sessions.

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Safety Issues Associated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Safety Issues Asociated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Moscow, 2-6 September 1997

Synopsis

This NATO Advanced Research Workshop draws together Russian and Western specialists in a discussion of problems associated with the safe elimination of both weapons-grade and reactor-grade plutonium in reactors. The papers generally concern safety issues associated with utilizing plutonium in the nuclear fuel cycle, including facility requirements, licensing issues, proliferation risks, and a variety of advanced concepts for nuclear fuel cycles. The book moves from a discussion of general considerations for plutonium use/disposal to cover aspects of the fuel cycle and reprocessing aspects, its use in existing and near-future reactors, and its use in advanced reactors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079235592X
• ISBN 13: 9780792355922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 253
• Editor: Parish Theodore A., Khromov Vyacheslav V., Carron Igor