Production of Uranium-232 in a 1200-MW(e) Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor

F. M. Mann; R. E. Schenter

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27185

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Home / Publications / Journals / Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 65 / Number 3

Production of Uranium-232 in a 1200-MW(e) Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor

F. M. Mann, R. E. Schenter

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 65 / Number 3 / March 1978 / Pages 544-547

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27185

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Uranium-232 production has been calculated in a 1200-MW(e) liquid-metal fast breeder reactor as a function of position, time, and core composition. Whenever thorium is present in the core, large quantities of ²³²U relative to uranium (∼1000 ppm) are generated, For ²³²U generated in the blanket, production is on the order of 50 ppm.