Nuclear power plant with actinide burner reactor
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Sep 24, 2009
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Mar 20, 2008
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Mar 20, 2008
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A nuclear reactor includes a coolant and a core. The core includes a moderator material and a plurality of fuel assemblies arranged within the moderator material, each fuel assembly including an inner region and an outer region surrounding the inner region. The inner region includes at least one first fuel structure containing at least one byproduct actinide, and the outer region includes a plurality of second fuel structures containing thermal spectrum driver fuel, the second fuel structures being less than one thermal neutron mean free path apart. Other embodiments are also provided, as is a nuclear power plant and a fuel assembly.
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