![Electrorefining is a technology to help reduce the amount of high-level nuclear waste for long-term storage.](images/thumb_electrorefining_26843k07.jpg)
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Electrorefining
technology |
Argonne has developed a revolutionary process that in one step
converts spent commercial nuclear fuel, which is a ceramic oxide,
into metal. The product can then be treated with Argonne's electrorefining
technology to recover the uranium and transuranic elements for recycling
into new fuel. Argonne chemist Laurel Barnes prepares for a test
of the metal-oxide conversion process in a glove box. Argonne National
Laboratory photo.
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![This image shows the core of a pressurized water reactor.](images/thumb_reactor_pins.jpg) |
Modeling
Nuclear Reactor Cores |
Nuclear engineers use advanced computing tools to predict fuel and coolant
temperatures throughout the reactor's core during normal and abnormal
conditions. This image shows the core of a pressurized water reactor. The
colors illustrate temperature around the fuel pins shown as white
circles.
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![Argonne experts join Armenian engineers to inspect this plant to identify weaknesses.](images/thumb_diesel_generator.jpg) |
International
nuclear safety |
Argonne experts in nuclear reactor technology are helping make reactors
designed and built under the Soviet Union safer and more reliable. The
experts joined Armenian engineers to inspect this plant to identify weaknesses.
This diesel generator, which provides vital power to the plant in case
an earthquake interferes with the plant's operation, was found to be
safe. Argonne National Laboratory photo.
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![Argonne experts in nuclear reactor technology perform seismic safety inspections in an Armenian reactor.](images/thumb_cooling_pump.jpg) |
International
nuclear safety |
Argonne experts in nuclear reactor technology perform seismic safety
inspections in an Armenian reactor. This work helps make reactors designed
and built under the Soviet Union safer and more reliable.
The pipe near the ceiling, which leads from the spent-fuel cooling pump,
was identified as unsafe. Argonne National Laboratory photo.
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![Argonne experts in nuclear reactor technology check newly installed earthquake-resistant supports underneath an emergency confinement cooling tank at an Armenain nuclear power plant.](images/thumb_thiosulfate_tank.jpg) |
International
nuclear safety |
Argonne experts in nuclear reactor technology check newly installed
earthquake-resistant supports underneath an emergency confinement cooling
tank at an Armenain nuclear power plant. This work helps make reactors
designed and built under the Soviet Union safer and more reliable. Argonne
National Laboratory photo.
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