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DOE Confident It Can Fuel the Clinch River Breeder Reactor and Other Breeder Reactor Projects

EMD-82-89 Published: May 14, 1982. Publicly Released: May 20, 1982.
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GAO was requested to review certain aspects of the plutonium fuel supply for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBR) as well as for other projects within the Department of Energy's (DOE) breeder reactor program. GAO provided information on the: (1) plutonium requirements for the CRBR and for other breeder reactor projects; (2) source of plutonium for meeting these requirements; and (3) proposed modifications by DOE to an existing DOE fuel reprocessing facility to expand its capability for supplying plutonium.

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Facility managementFast breeder reactorsFuel suppliesNuclear fuel reprocessingProgram evaluationPlutoniumBreeder reactorBreeder reactorsUraniumInventories