Nuclear fuel processing plant?
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In a breeder configuration, extensive fuel processing was specified to remove fission products from the fuel salt.
Like the 1 fluid reactor, it has thorium in the fuel salt, which complicates the fuel processing.
For high-speed systems, such as the centrifuges used for nuclear fuel processing being done by Iran, that could be disastrous, experts suggested.
The problem is that burning plutonium 239 in a nuclear reactor is not easy, requiring special fuel processing.
In February, he rightly called for tighter controls over nuclear fuel processing, used by several countries to produce bomb ingredients.
While stable operation has been achieved on a variety of hydrocarbon fuels, these cells typically rely on external fuel processing.
This design is notably safer as it puts most of the fuel processing and rotating or reciprocating parts of the dragster behind the driver.
It also conducts research in spent fuel processing, and safe disposal of nuclear waste.