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Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R & D Activity Through Spring 1997 (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Electrometallurgical Techniques for Treatment of Other DOE Spent Fuels
Pages 11-12

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... Before the demonstration is completed, DOE should establish criteria for success in the demonstration phase to allow evaluation of the electrometullurgical technology for further use. In 1999, ANL's achievements should clearly prove its competence to complete the processing of the remaining EBR-II spent nuclear fuel and provide DOE with confidence that the electrometallurgical technology will be a viable option for processing other DOE spent fuel.
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... The committee wishes to restate its position that ANL, upon meeting the appropriate criteria for success in processing EBR-II driver fuel and blanket assemblies, should successfully demonstrate the processes ancillary to the central electrometallurgical process itself, for example, lithium reduction of oxide fuels, before the process can be considered seriously for use with other DOE spent fuel. It appears highly unlikely that electrometallurgical techniques will be applied to the treatment of MSRE salts from Oak Ridge National Laboratory ~NRC, 1997b)
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