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Burning plutonium and minimizing radioactive waste in existing PWRsMittag et al., 2011
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- Mittag S
- Kliem S
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- Annals of Nuclear Energy
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Plutonium and other long-lived radioactive actinides are produced in light-water reactors (LWRs) using conventional fuel.“Innovative” fuel matrices may reduce the breeding of these nuclides. However, essential LWR safety features have to be preserved, which restricts the …
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