includes all the fissions from the initial nuclide l. Furthermore, the production of
other MA nuclides except the initial nuclide l can be calculated by
OMA
l
¼ e
N l 0
ð Þ
X
k ∈ MA, k6 ¼l
P lk
ð17:3Þ
The Pu and U production from nuclide l is given by
PU
l
¼ e
N l 0
ð Þ
X
k ∈ U, Pu
P lk
ð17:4Þ
The production of MA nuclide l from Pu and U is given by
PUM
l
¼
X
k ∈ U, Pu
e
N k 0
ð ÞP kl
ð17:5Þ
The production of MA nuclide l from other MA is given by
MAM
l
¼
X
k ∈ MA, k6 ¼l
e
N k 0
ð ÞP kl
ð17:6Þ
Using Eqs. (17.2), (17.3), (17.4), (17.5), and (17.6), the net transmutation of nuclide
l is calculated by
Fig. 17.6 Transmutation of initial MA nuclides and production of the MA nuclide
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