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Proceedings of the Second International
Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product
Separation and Transmutation Argonne, USA, 1992

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Welcome Remarks
  Y.I. Chang and G.H. Stevens
  

  SESSION 1: Current Strategic System of Actinide and Fission Product Separation and Transmutation
  Chairman: F.J. Goldner (United States)
  

  • Radioactive Waste R&D, French Law and Consequences on the R&D Programme
    G. Baudin (France)
    

  • Present Status of the OMEGA Programme in Japan
    M. Nakamura, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Effects of an LMR-based Partitioning Transmutation System on US Nuclear Fuel Cycle Health Risk
    G.E. Michaels, et al. (United States)
    

  • A Strategic Study of the Partitioning and Transmutation System being Developed at JAERI
    H. Yoshida, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Role and Influence of Partitioning and Transmutation on Management of Nuclear Waste Streams
    L.H. Baetslé (Belgium)
    

  • R&D Programme for the Transmutation of Minor Actinides (MA) and Long-Lived Fission Products (FP) at KfK (not presented)
    H. Küsters, et al. (Germany)
    
    

  SESSION 2: Progress in R&D on Partitioning Processes, Wet and Dry
  Chairman: L. Koch (CEC)
  

  • IFR Fuel Cycle-Pyroprocess Development
    J.J. Laidler (United States)
    

  • The French Situation on Long-Lived Radioisotope Separation Studies (Puretez and Actinex Programmes)
    G. Baudin (France)
    

  • Development of Partitioning Process in JAERI
    M. Kubota, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Some Modifications of the TRUEX Flowsheet for Partitioning of Actinide Elements in High-Level Liquid Waste
    M. Ozawa, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Pyrochemical Processes for LWR Spent Fuel
    C. McPheeters, et al. (United States)
    

  • Thermodynamic Properties of Actinides and Rare Earths in Molten Salt and Cadmium, and Prediction of Separation Efficiency
    Y. Sakamura, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Chemical Processing Associated with the Accelerator Transmutation of Waste (ATW) Concept
    H.J. Dewey, et al. (United States)
    

  SESSION 3: Progress in R&D on Transmutation, and Refinements of Neutronic and Other Data
  Chairmen: H. Yoshida (Japan) and M. Nakamura (Japan)
  

  • Physics Considerations in the Design of Liquid Metal Reactors for Transmutation Element Consumption
    H. Khalil, et al. (United States)
    

  • Recycling of Minor Actinides in Metal Fuel FRB
    T. Inoue, et al. (Japan)
    

  • First Results and Future Trends for the Transmutation of Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes
    C. Prunier, et al. (France)
    

  • Reduction of Minor Actinides in Nuclear Waste Via Multiple Recycling in Fast Reactors
    J. Journet, et al. (France)
    

  • Characteristics of a Heterogeneous TRU-Loading Core
    Yamaoka, et al. (Japan)
    

  • A Continuous Transmutation System for Long-Lived Nuclides with Accelerator-Driven Fluid Targets
    H. Katsuta, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Transmutation Capability of the High Flux Reactor BR2 for Minor Actinides and Long-Lived Fission Products
    L.H. Baetslé, et al. (Belgium)
    

  • Swiss Activities in the Field of Transmutation
    P. Wydler (Switzerland)
    
    

  SESSION 4: Development of the Fuel Cycle, Processes, Fuel Types, and Targets
  Chairman: M. Salvatores (France)
  

  • Criteria for the Development of Targets and Fuels in Nuclear Transmutation
    L. Koch (CEC)
    

  • Minor Actinide Transmutation in Fission Reactors and Fuel Cycle Considerations
    T. Mukaiyama, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Study on Transmutation of Fission Products at PNC
    H. Takashita, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Analysis of the Los Alamos Accelerator-Driven Transmutation System
    P.A. Landeyro, et al. (Italy)
    

  • Progress of Super-Power CW Electron Lineac Development at PNC
    K.Haga, et al. (Japan)
    

  • Effects of Actinide Compositional Variability in the US Spent Fuel Inventory on Partitioning-Transmutational Systems
    S.B. Ludwig, et al. (United States)
    

  • Conceptual Design Study of an Accelerator-Based Actinide Transmutation Plant with Sodium-Cooled Solid Target/Core
    T. Takizuka, et al. (Japan)
    

  • The Energy Requirement for Transmuting Fission Products
    H. Takahashi, et al. (United States)
    

  • Closing Summaries and Discussion
    Moderator: Y. Orechwa (United States)
    

  ANNEXES

  • Viewgraphs: L.H. Baetslé's Presentation on Approaches to Systems Studies

  • Japanese Proposal on Preliminary System Study of Partitioning and Transmutation of Long-Lived Nuclides in High-Level Radioactive Waste.

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