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BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
D. E. Deonigi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 80-86
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31279
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A generalized plutonium value equation is given which permits corrections for changes in separative work and uranium price:Pu value = AU - 0.16P
(incremental fabrication cost per kg fuel/g of fissile Pu/kg fuel). In this equation, A is the relative worth of 239Pu to 235U as fissile material, U is the cost of 93% enriched uranium, and P is the ratio of 242Pu content to fissile content. The optimum uranium enrichment to be used in plutonium-containing fuel rods is found to be equivalent to that of natural uranium. Incremental plutonium fabrication costs could go from ∼100% over the projected uranium fabrication cost of $44/kg in 1975 to a 35% increase over this figure in 1985. In considering the throwaway cycle, it is found that the reprocessing will cost $56/kg compared with $21/kg for the throwaway. This leaves the cost difference of $35 as the minimum value of plutonium and uranium in discharged fuel. The value of plutonium in 1975 is estimated to be $7.50/g fissile, increasing to $8.50/g fissile by 1985.
