It has its fuel as a 'pebble bed' (27,000 elements) of oxide fuel with average burnup of 80 GWday/tU.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

The core is similar to that of the KLT-40 except that enrichment is 16.5% and average burnup 95 GWd/t.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

Complete burnup of uranium and transuranics is envisaged in STAR-H2, with only fission products being waste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

This will have two reactors modules, each of 250 MWt, using 9% enriched fuel (520,000 elements) giving 80 GWd/t discharge burnup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

The plutonium isotopic composition of used MOX fuel at 45 GWd/tU burnup is about 37% 239Pu, 32% 240Pu, 16% 241Pu, 12% 242Pu and 4% 238Pu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mixed oxide fuel (MOX)] Reference

Uranium oxide fuel enriched to 4.7% has burnable poison; it has low burnup (31 GWd/t average, 41.6 GWd/t max) and 8 year refuelling interval.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

Fuel developed in the IFR program, first used in 1986, reached 19% burnup (compared with 3-4% for conventional reactors), and 22% was targeted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast neutron reactors (FBR)] Reference

All these considerations mean that only RepU from low-enriched, low-burnup used fuel is normally recycled directly through an enrichment plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uranium enrichment] Reference

An increase in fuel enrichment from 2% to 2.4% to maintain fuel burnup with an increase in neutron absorption (i.e., less reliance on cooling water for this function).    From Wordnik.com.  [Light water graphite reactor (RBMK)] Reference

The reactivity control system is passive, using lithium expansion modules (LEM) which give burnup compensation, partial load operation, and negative reactivity feedback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast neutron reactors (FBR)] Reference

The reactivity control system is passive, using lithium expansion modules (LEM) which give burnup compensation, partial load operation as well as negative reactivity feedback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small nuclear power reactors] Reference

Authorisation for enrichment up to 10% was sought - most enrichment plants operate up to 5% U-235 product, which is becoming a serious constraint as reactor fuel burnup increases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uranium enrichment] Reference

As well as many passive safety features, the nuclear reactor design is simpler overall and uses high-burnup fuels enriched to 3.54%, giving it refuelling intervals of up to 24 months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advanced nuclear power reactors] Reference

As reactor operators seek to burn fuel harder and longer, increasing burnup from around 30,000 MW days per tonne a few years ago to over 50,000 MWd/t now, MOX use becomes more attractive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mixed oxide fuel (MOX)] Reference

Two or three categories are possible: degraded Pu (e.g., in high-burnup fuel), low-grade Pu (e.g., separated from spent fuel of normal burnup), and high-grade Pu (e.g., from weapons or low-burnup fuel).    From Wordnik.com.  [Nuclear safeguards (non-proliferation)] Reference

Type Composition Origin Use Reactor-grade from high-burnup fuel 55-70% Pu-239, 19% Pu-240, typically about 30% non-fissile Comprises about 1% of spent fuel from normal operation of civil nuclear reactors used for electricity generation As ingredient (c5%) of MOX fuel for normal reactor Weapons-grade Pu-239 with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutonium] Reference

The higher the burnup the lower the attractiveness for diversion into weapons program.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEI Nuclear Notes] Reference

The Nuclear Regulatory agency has approved Optimized ZIRLO fuel which can get 70 Gwd/t burnup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

It was not big enough to survive burnup and penetrate deep into the atmosphere, where it would have exploded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News] Reference

Nuclear fuel burnup is measured in gigawatt-days per tonne and its potential is proportional to the level of enrichment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

As i stated before, do you burnup your precious fuel behaving like a hoon in your car driving around in circles pointlessly?.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon] Reference

A burnup of 45 GWdays per tonne, which is high using today's technology, is still only 4.5% of the theoretical energy content.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEI Nuclear Notes] Reference

However, the burnup would take many seconds so the peak energy release would be much smaller than this. jus oh yea yesterday we all almost died ... crazy.    From Wordnik.com.  [TG Daily - All News] Reference

(FW, corrosion, uranium load, manufacturing, safety) required to achieve higher burnup rather than focusing on potential increases in the fuel thermal output.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

Subsequently, however, utilities received permission to leave fuel in the reactor for up to twice as long, increasing the "fuel burnup" and reducing the frequency of refueling outages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Edition | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists] Reference

There is no water I informed Arnold Schwarzenegger of a "secret society" in his state, that is "THE ACTUAL CAUSE" of the drought and the wild fires, I asked him to "disestablish", this secret society in order to save his state from total burnup, and so far he has not responded!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Examiner California Headlines] Reference

As reactor operators seek to burn fuel harder and longer, increasing burnup from around 30,000 MW days per tonne a few years ago to over 50,000 MWd / t now, MOX use becomes more attractive. plutonium for recycle as MOX was not itself economic, but with the rise in uranium prices coupled with reducing the volume of spent fuel to be managed, it is becoming so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Miles Pomper and Stephen Goldberg have made several good suggestions regarding how the Obama administration should focus its nuclear energy efforts -- i.e., encouraging developing countries that are considering nuclear power to forgo proliferation-sensitive uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing facilities; using enhanced computer simulations to develop and qualify advanced high-burnup nuclear fuels for existing reactors; and promoting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Edition | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists] Reference

238Pu (half-life 88 years) is increased in high-burnup fuel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Next, there's Burn Up, an everyday tale of a love triangle between an (undoubtedly evil) oil company boss, a fifth columnist environmentalist, and an industry lobbyist all set against the backdrop of a global climate change summit. http://www. bbc.co.uk/drama/burnup/.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Sacred words! "http: / / business. theage.com.au / business / banks-burnup-warms-climate-sceptics-20080917-4io3. html.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference