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Table II.20 Reactor inventories in different systems (kg/GWe)<br />

UO 2 MIX 1 MIX 2 FAST<br />

237 Np 29 73 77 33<br />

238 Pu<br />

239 Pu<br />

240 Pu<br />

241 Pu<br />

242 Pu<br />

20<br />

243<br />

111<br />

75<br />

44<br />

170<br />

762<br />

1 025<br />

223<br />

312<br />

189<br />

757<br />

979<br />

269<br />

376<br />

154<br />

3 396<br />

2 169<br />

275<br />

210<br />

Total Pu 493 2 492 2 570 6 204<br />

241 Am<br />

242m Am<br />

243 Am<br />

242 Cm<br />

243 Cm<br />

244 Cm<br />

245 Cm<br />

13<br />

0.05<br />

10<br />

1.1<br />

0.07<br />

4.6<br />

0.3<br />

252<br />

19<br />

269<br />

8.6<br />

0.5<br />

57<br />

13<br />

246<br />

17<br />

298<br />

8.1<br />

0.4<br />

59<br />

13<br />

259<br />

21<br />

136<br />

8.0<br />

0.9<br />

47<br />

12<br />

Total Cm 6.0 79 81 68<br />

Total actinides 551 3 184 3 289 6 721<br />

At equilibrium the reactor inventories increase by a factor of 6 to 10 when recycling is performed<br />

according to the MIX1, MIX2 and FAST scenarios.<br />

4.3.1.4 Influence of non-recycling of curium<br />

In the same scenarios, but with all the curium sent to the wastes, the reduction in radiotoxic<br />

inventory is significantly decreased.<br />

Table II.21 Radiotoxic inventory reduction factor as a function of recycling mode<br />

and disposal time without Cm recycling<br />

Time (years) 100 1 000 10 000 100 000 1 000 000<br />

MIX 1 10 12 7 96 36<br />

MIX 2 10 11 7 94 32<br />

FAST 21 24 14 115 57<br />

The comparison of the data of Table II.19, with the curium recycling option, to those of<br />

Table II.21 with curium discharge in the waste streams, shows that the radiotoxic inventory reduction<br />

factor is decreased from the range of 70-150 down to 7-115 depending on the time interval. This<br />

obviously has direct repercussions on the radiotoxicity levels in the conditioned high level wastes.<br />

Within the time frame of 10 000 years, curium recycling has a significant impact: the ratios between the<br />

reduction factors range from 5 to 10. Beyond 10 000 years the impact of curium recycling becomes<br />

negligible.<br />

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