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PUMA | Plutonium and Minor Actinides Management in Thermal High Temperature Reactors

Sustainability is a key issue in the definition of the future nuclear energy mix in Europe. A proper management of the transuranics (TRUs) aiming at the reduction by incineration of the plutonium (Pu) and Minor Actinides (MA) stockpiles in the nuclear fuel cycle is of exceptional interest to achieve such sustainability. The (Very) High Temperature gas-cooled Reactor ((V)HTR) can fulfil a very useful niche for the purposes of such Pu and MA incineration... Read more.

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The PUMA project ends on the 31st of August, 2009. A final workshop is scheduled on 27 & 28 August in Paris, in order to allow for information exchange between the PUMA consortium and the American ‘Deep Burn’ Programme.

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