A Critical Review of the Recent Improvements in Minimizing Nuclear Waste by Innovative Gas-Cooled Reactors

Table 5

(Δ𝑚⋅100/GWD) of the different core concepts for the main nuclides.

Nuclide	Plate-type	CP-bed	Pebble-bed
U^238	84.92	10.75	81.88
Np^237	4.40	0.80	7.30
Pu^238	−2.58	−0.71	−5.62
Pu^239	3.40	0	20.04
Pu^240	−3.96	−1.10	−11.06
Pu^241	11.10	3.40	17.84
Pu^242	0.17	−0.13	−1.38
Am^241	0.31	−1.33	−2.00
Am^243	0.36	0.04	0.17
Cm^244	−1.29	−0.18	−2.04