PARC process for an advanced PUREX process

Authors
Uchiyama, G Mineo, H Hotoku, S Asakura, T Kamei, K Watanabe, M Nakano, Y Kimura, S Fujine, S
Citation
G. Uchiyama et al., PARC process for an advanced PUREX process, PROG NUCL E, 37(1-4), 2000, pp. 151-156
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Emgineering
Journal title
PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
ISSN journal
01491970 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
151 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0149-1970(2000)37:1-4<151:PPFAAP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An advanced PUREX process, the PARC process, has been developed which aims to reduce the radioactive waste volume containing TRU elements (neptunium, plutonium, americium and curium) and the environmental hazard risk due to l ong-lived nuclides such as technetium-99, carbon-14 and iodine-129. This pa per describes the concept of the PARC process and major results of chemical flow sheet experiments using spent fuels. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. A ll rights reserved.