A Method to enrich reprocessed uranium with various initial contents of even-numbered isotopes

A Smirnov, V Gusev, G Sulaberidze… - AIP Conference …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Nuclear industry needs effective recovering of fissile material from used nuclear fuel, as
uranium accounting more than 90% of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) volume. Use of …

Enrichment of Regenerated Uranium with Simultaneous Dilution of 232–236U by Raw and Waste Uranium

AY Smirnov, GA Sulaberidze - Atomic Energy, 2014 - Springer
A scheme is proposed for a five-flow (three feed, product and waste flows) gas-centrifuge
cascade for enriching regenerated uranium simultaneously diluted by natural raw material …

Evaluating the proliferation resistance of plutonium in Light water reactor spent fuel from recycled reprocessed uranium

S Choi, SS Chirayath - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the proliferation resistance (PR) of plutonium in spent nuclear fuel
(SNF) from re-enriched reprocessed uranium (RepU) recycling in Light Water Reactors …

Maximizing separation performance of q-cascades for multicomponent isotope separation

S Zeng, Y Zhang, D Jiang, V Borisevich… - Separation Science …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The Q-cascade is a type of model cascade that is particularly useful for studying
multicomponent isotope separation. The cascade segmentation technique is further …

[HTML][HTML] A method for purifying reprocessed uranium from even isotopes under conditions of multiple recycle

AY Smirnov, VA Palkin, AV Chistov… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We proposed a modification of a double cascade scheme to enrich reprocessed uranium.
Such a cascade scheme represents a combination of one cascade with “broadening” of the …

Multy-cascade enrichment schemes for reprocessed uranium recycling

VE Gusev - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper deals with the problem of reprocessed uranium (RepU) enrichment in cascades
of gas centrifuges with simultaneous fulfillment of requirements on concentrations of …

[HTML][HTML] Restoration of the isotopic composition of reprocessed uranium hexafluoride using cascade with additional product

V Palkin, E Maslyukov - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
In reprocessed uranium, derived from an impoverished fuel of light-water moderated
reactors, there are isotopes of 232, 234, 236 U, which make its recycling remarkably difficult …

Feasibility study of minor actinide transmutation in light water reactors with various Am/Cm separation efficiencies

D Tincher, TW Knight - Nuclear engineering and design, 2011 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of minor actinide (MA) transmutation in light
water reactors (LWR). The purpose of this work was to provide a guide for future …

Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm for Double Cascades for 232, 234, 236U Isotope Removal from Uranium Hexafluoride

VA Palkin, EV Maslyukov, SS Lubnin - Russian Physics Journal, 2022 - Springer
The paper proposes a double cascade system for reducing the concentration of 232, 234,
236U isotopes in reprocessed uranium hexafluoride. The greatest decrease in the mass …

The Special Requirements of RepU Recycling from Radiation Protection Viewpoint

P Wang, D Zhuang, L Chen, Y Lian… - … Science and Green …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reprocessed uranium (RepU) recycling can effectively reduce the amount of radioactive
waste from spent nuclear fuel and improve the utilization efficiency of uranium resources as …