Radioactive Waste: The Problem of Plutonium
- 17 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4467) , 319-321
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7423191
Abstract
Systems under development for the recovery of plutonium from spent fuel and its recycling in fresh fuel would not significantly reduce either the total alpha-activity or the amount of fissile plutonium in radioactive waste relative to what is possible with once-through fuel cycles.Keywords
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