Substantial nuclear fuel breakthrough
Published: June 11, 2005
A breakthrough in nuclear fuel processing was registered when a test fast breeder reactor used a carbide fuel instead of the usual oxide fuel, to produce 147.8 Giga Watt of power, here Saturday, reported the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
One gram of an enriched nuclear fuel like plutonium provides sufficient energy to keep a 40- watt bulb lit continuously for three to four years.
Chairman Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary, DAE Anil Kakodkar said: “The indigenously-developed technology, using plutonium mono-carbide in a breeder reactor, is an international technology landmark.”
No other country in the world has achieved such success in using carbide fuel instead of the mixed oxide fuel (MOX), a fuel made of plutonium and uranium oxides, he said.
The experiment to use plutonium-rich carbide core for the test reactor began “because of non-availability of uranium for MOX fuel”, a DAE official said.
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