Summary of NEACRP views on actinide production and burn-up

This review of the present status of actinide production and burn-up has been prepared in accordance with the action arising from the 21st meeting of the NEACRP in November 1978.The review covers topics such as the importance of actinides in the fuel cycle, revised U-Pu cycle LWR models, comparison of one-group cross sections for fast reactors, sensitivity analysis, experimental programme and depletion study. It rests on a basis of the discussions held at the meeting of the NEACRP in the past several years.Progress in the field of reactor physics related to the actinide production and burn-up is summarized and areas in which further work should be pursued are remarked on.