Physics of plutonium recycling. 7 : a report by the working party on the physics of plutonium recycling of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee : BWR MOX benchmark specification and results

Covers the performance of fast burner reactors operating in a multirecycle mode. Benchmark results assess metal-fuelled fast burner reactor performance parametrically in transuranic conversion ratio (0.5 to 1.0), and determine the net toxicity flow to a geologic repository when a closed fast burner fuel cycle is used to burn the thermal reactor spent fuel. It is found that a fast burner reactor closed fuel cycle could be utilized to reduce significantly the radiotoxicity originating in the light-water reactor cycle which otherwise was destined for burial in the repository.