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Options for the disposition of UK civilian plutonium stocks
Author:	Shearer, Craig
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The UK Civil Pu Disposition project will identify and assess the credible technical options for dealing with the UK’s Pu stockpile and the discriminators that will support technology option down-selection decisions in the future. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) role is in advising Government on the available alternative options and the consequences of potential decisions. The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is supporting the NDA in this role. This article briefly describes the work completed to date to assess the immobilisation and re-use technologies as disposition strategies and on the work that will help to identify discriminators to support eventual technology down-selection. The main focus of this article will be on work undertaken to investigate the possible criticality behaviour of the Pu stockpile in repository for different encapsulation and disposal methods. The Pu disposition project is anticipated to continue for several years while the necessary investigations are made to fully-understand the various options.

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