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PROJECT HOPE: A CHEMICAL REPROCESSING PLANT FOR A NUCLEAR POWER ECONOMY.
The results of the Hope Project, a completely rationalized reprocessing plant, are summarized. An MTR type fuel element was adopted, with U/sup 233/ replacing the U/sup 235/ and a fuel processing rate of 5.5 kg equivalent of U/sup 233/ per day. The chemical process chosen was solvent extraction, using TBP in Amsco. The Hope plant features continuous dissolving; relaxed, yet safe, criticality criteria; sampling only for process control; a realistic approach to waste storage; and a new operating-maintenance philosophy. It was felt that with the process outlined enriched fuel elements could be reprocessed for about one dollar per gram. (L.M.T.