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Deep Isolation validates borehole disposal for recycled SNF waste
Waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has claimed that results of a study it conducted with reactor developer Oklo demonstrate that deep borehole disposal could be an option for disposing of high-level radioactive waste generated from the recycling of advanced reactor fuel.
R. E. Lewis, T. A. Butler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 2 | April 1966 | Pages 102-105
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27488
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Enriched 33 S, prepared by electromagnetic separation techniques, and 36 Cl, prepared by reactor irradiation of natural chlorine, were evaluated as targets for the production of 33 P by the 33 S(n,p)33 P and 36 Cl(n,α)33 P reactions. The fission-neutron cross sections of these reactions and those of the 32 S(n,p)32 P and 35 Cl(n,α)32 P reactions were measured in four positions in the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) at various distances from the fuel elements. Millicurie quantities of 33 P were prepared by fast-neutron irradiation of enriched 33 S and 36 Cl and subsequent aging to deplete the 32 P content of the 33 P. Chemical procedures for separation of carrier-free phosphorus activities from elemental sulfur and NaCl are given.