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RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF URANIUM-THORIUM SPENT FUEL IN LONG-TERM<br />

STORAGE FOR FOLLOWING TRANSMUTATION IN ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS<br />

B.R. Bergelson, A.S. Gerasimov, G.V. Kiselev, L.A. Myrtsymova, T.S. Zaritskaya<br />

State Scientific Centre of the Russian Federation<br />

Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (RF SSC ITEP)<br />

25, B. Cheremushkinskaya, 117259 Moscow, Russian Federation<br />

Abstract<br />

Changes in radiotoxicity and decay heat power of actinides from spent thorium-uranium nuclear fuel<br />

for PWR-type reactors at long-term storage are investigated. The extraction of the most important<br />

nuclides for transmutation permits to reduce radiotoxic content of wastes remaining in storage.<br />

Actinide accumulation in the thorium-uranium fuel cycle is much less than in the common-type<br />

uranium fuel cycle. The radiotoxicity of actinides of thorium-uranium fuel in air is 5.5 times less and<br />

that of in water is 3.5 times less than that of uranium fuel.<br />

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