Specific objectives and constraints
Fuel reprocessing - Main operations
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Specific objectives and constraints
Fuel reprocessing - Main operations

Author : Michel BOURGEOIS

Publication date: July 10, 2000 | Lire en français

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3. Specific objectives and constraints

3.1 Technical objectives

The objectives are to recover the uranium and plutonium contained in spent fuel separately, with the highest possible yields, and to purify them to the required specifications. This requires very high separation factors, while having the lowest possible impact on the environment.

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3.1.1 Uranium and plutonium recovery yields

Yields must be as high as possible (> 99%), not so much for economic or contractual reasons as to minimize...

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