Transmutation of actinides in power reactors.
Power reactors can be used for partial short-term transmutation of radwaste. This transmutation is beneficial in terms of subsequent storage conditions for spent fuel in long-term storage facilities. CANDU-type reactors can transmute the main minor actinides from two or three reactors of the VVER-1000 type. A VVER-1000-type reactor can operate in a self-service mode with transmutation of its own actinides.
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Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), 25 B. Cheremushkinskaya, 117259 Moscow, Russia.
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D008671:Actinoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009680:Nuclear Fission; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*
D008671:Actinoid Series Elements; D011850:Radioactive Waste