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Plutonium fuel fabrication

Authors: Jean-Louis NIGON, Gérard LE BASTARD

Publication date: October 10, 2002

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2. Plutonium processing constraints

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2.1 Plutonium characteristics

The plutonium in irradiated fuel is a mixture of isotopes: plutonium 238 to 242 in varying proportions depending on the original fuel (table 2 ). As each isotope has its own characteristics (table 3 ), plutonium's properties are highly dependent on its origin....

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