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Selected chapters from:
Fissile Materials in a Glass, Darkly:
Table of Contents to the Full Report
Preface
Summary and Recommendations
- Chapter 1: Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium as Liabilities
- A. Plutonium
- B. Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)
- Chapter 2: Criteria for Plutonium Disposition
- A. Overview of Disposition Options for Plutonium
- Chapter 3: Burning Plutonium in Reactors
- A. Once-Through Fuel Use
- B. Reprocessing and MOX Fuel Use
- C. Conclusion Regarding MOX Fuel
- Chapter 4: Plutonium Vitrification: Basic Technical Issues
- A. Processing Plutonium as a Waste
- B. Processing Plutonium for Vitrification
- C. Additives in Plutonium Vitrification
- D. Vitrification of Scrap and Residues
- E. Environmental Controls and Worker Health and Safety
- F. Accidents
- Chapter 5: Facilities for Vitrification and Plutonium Processing
- A. Existing Vitrification Plants
- B. Some Practical Considerations Regarding the Use of DWPF and WVDP
- C. New Vitrification Plants
- D. Existing Facilities for Processing of Plutonium Metal to Prepare it for Vitrification
- Chapter 6: Repository Disposal of Plutonium-Containing Waste -- Some Technical Considerations
- A. Repository Performance
- B. Sub-Seabed Disposal
- Chapter 7: Highly Enriched Uranium Disposition - Technical Aspects
- A. Worldwide HEU inventory
- B. Blending Down of HEU for Use in Light Water Reactors
- C. Blending down HEU into LEU
- D. Blending down of HEU in the United States
- E. Blending down in Russia
- F. Vitrification of HEU
- G. Hazards of Uranium Processing and Storage
- H. Environmental Issues
- I. Diversion of HEU
- Chapter 8: Policy Issues
- A. Short- and Medium-term Issues - Plutonium Disposition
- B. Highly Enriched Uranium Disposition Policy
- C. Institutional Issues
- D. Long-term Policy Issues
- References
- Glossary
- Appendix A: Text of a letter on plutonium sent to President Clinton on October 19, 1994
- Appendix B: Physical, Nuclear, and Chemical Properties of Plutonium
- Appendix C: Uranium: Its Uses and Hazards (Available as IEER on-line factsheet.)
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