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Option 6: In this option, LEU (235U/238U) converters and denatured 235U and 233U<br />

converters are operated outside <strong>the</strong> energy centers and Pu/Th converters and Pu-U/Th<br />

breeders (Pu-U cores, Th blankets) are permitted inside <strong>the</strong> centers. Spent fuel is<br />

returned to <strong>the</strong> secure energy centers for reprocessing. The fissile uranium is recycled<br />

into <strong>the</strong> outside reactors and <strong>the</strong> inside breeders, and <strong>the</strong> plutonium is recycled into<br />

<strong>the</strong> inside converters and breeders.<br />

tmsmutation rate is real ized.<br />

With <strong>the</strong> reactors used, only a Zight "PU-~U-~~~U~'<br />

Fig. 6.1-4. Options 6, 7, and 8: Denatured Uranium Options with Converters and Breeders.<br />

The fuel cycle options assumed for <strong>the</strong> converters are as follows:<br />

(1) Low-enriched 235U/238U fuel, reactor operating on throwaway cycle;<br />

(2) Low-enriched 235U/238U fuel, reprocessing and 235U recycle permitted;<br />

(3) Pu/U fuel, reprocessing and Pu and 235U recycle permitted (LWRs only);<br />

(4) Pu/Th fuel, reprocessing and Pu and z33U recycle permitted;<br />

(5) Denatured 233U/238U/Th fuel, reprocessing and 233U and Pu recycle permitted.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> case of <strong>the</strong> FBR, <strong>the</strong> fuel options are<br />

(I) Pu/U fuel in core, Th in blankets, reprocessing and Pu and 233U recycle permitted;<br />

(2) Pu/Th fuel in core, Th in <strong>the</strong> blankets, reprocessing and Pu and 233U recycle<br />

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