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On the equilibrium isotopic composition of the thorium–uranium–plutonium fuel cycle

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The equilibrium isotopic compositions and the times to equilibrium in the process of thorium–uranium–plutonium oxide fuel recycling in VVER-type reactors using heavy water mixed with light water are estimated. It is demonstrated thEhfat such reactors have a capacity to operate with self-reproduction of active isotopes in the equilibrium mode.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center—All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, pr. Muzrukova 10, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, 607188, Russia

    V. Ye. Marshalkin & V. M. Povyshev

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Original Russian Text © V.Ye. Marshalkin, V.M. Povyshev, 2015, published in Voprosy Atomnoi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya: Fizika Yadernykh Reaktorov, 2015, No. 4, pp. 3–11.

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Marshalkin, V.Y., Povyshev, V.M. On the equilibrium isotopic composition of the thorium–uranium–plutonium fuel cycle. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 79, 1290–1297 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778816080135

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