Title of article
Spentfuelreprocessing:AvitallinkinIndiannuclearpowerprogramOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
P.K.Dey، نويسنده , , N.K.Bansal، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
7
From page
723
To page
729
Abstract
ThesuccessofthethreestageIndiannuclearenergyprogramisinter-linkedwiththeestablishmentofanefficientclosedfuelcycleapproachwithrecyclingofbothfissileandfertilecomponentsofthespentfueltoappropriatereactorsystems.TheIndianreprocessingjourneywasstartedwaybackin1964withthecommissioningofaplantbasedonPUREXtechnologytoreprocessaluminumcladnaturaluraniumspentfuelfromtheresearchreactorCIRUS.Afterachievingthebasicskills,apowerreactorreprocessingfacilitywasbuilttoreprocessspentfuelfrompowerreactors.Adequatedesignandoperatingexperiencewasgainedfromthesetwoplantsformasteringthereprocessingtechnology.Thefirstplant,beingthemaidenventure,basedonindigenoustechnologyhadtoundergomanymodificationsduringitsoperationandfinallyneededrefurbishmentforcontinuedoperation.Decommissioninganddecontaminationofthisplantwascarriedoutmeticulouslytoallowunrestrictedaccesstothecellsforfreshinstallation.Athirdplantwasbuiltforpowerreactorspentfuelreprocessingtoserveasadesignstandardforfutureplantswiththeinvolvementofindustry.Overtheyears,spentfuelreprocessingbasedonPUREXtechnologyhasreachedamaturedstatusandcanbesafelydeployedtomeettheadditionalreprocessingrequirementstocatertotheexpandingnuclearenergyprogram.Sidebysidewiththedevelopmentsinthespentnaturaluraniumfuelreprocessing,irradiatedthoriareprocessingisalsoperusedtodevelopTHOREXintoarobustprocess.Theadditionalchallengesinthisdomainarebeingaddressedtoevolveappropriatetechnologicalsolutions.Advancementsinthefieldofscienceandtechnologyarebeingabsorbedtomeetthechallengesofhigherrecoverycombinedwithreducedexposureandenvironmentaldischarges.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
896031
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