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Increased fuel burn up in a CANDU thorium reactor using weapon grade plutonium

Şahin, Sümer; YIldIz, Kadir; Şahin, Hacı Mehmet; Şahin, Necmettin; Acır, Adem (2006)

Weapon grade plutonium is used as a booster fissile fuel material in the form of mixed ThO2/PuO2 fuel in a Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) fuel bundle in order to assure the initial criticality at startup. Two different ...