Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle

AbstractThe strategies adopted in Russia for a closed nuclear fuel cycle with fast reactors (FR), selection of fuel type and recycling technologies of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) are discussed. It is shown that one of the possible technological solutions for the closing of a fuel cycle could be the combination of pyroelectrochemical and hydrometallurgical methods of recycling of SNF. This combined scheme allows: recycling of SNF from FR with high burn-up and short cooling time; decreasing the volume of stored SNF and the amount of plutonium in a closed fuel cycle in FR; recycling of any type of SNF from FR; obtaining the high pure end uranium-plutonium-neptunium end-product for fuel refabrication using pellet technology.

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The Study of Typical PWR Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.644-650.5174 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 644-650 ◽

pp. 5174-5178

Author(s):

Yue Hong ◽

Lan Lan Jiang ◽

Dong Xiao Niu ◽

Fu Yan Liu ◽

Xiao Yu Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽

Different Types ◽

Uranium Plutonium ◽

The One ◽

Plutonium Fuel

This paper analyzed two different types of nuclear fuel cycle which refferred to one-through fuel cycle and close fuel cycle (uranium-plutonium fuel cycle). Based on specific economic elements related to each cycle process, this paper built a model to evaluate PWR nuclear fuel cycle’s economy. Then, for given data of PWR, empirical analysis and sensitivity analysis were carried out. The result showed the superiority of the close fuel cycle compared to the one-through cycle.

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Assimilation of a Closed Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle Based on Fast Reactors With Liquid-Metal Coolant

Atomic Energy ◽

10.1007/s10512-013-9752-5 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 115 (2) ◽

pp. 78-82

Author(s):

M. V. Radchenko ◽

A. Yu. Shadrin ◽

P. P. Poluektov ◽

O. V. Shmidt ◽

A. A. Tuzov

Keyword(s):

Liquid Metal ◽

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽

Fast Reactors ◽

Liquid Metal Coolant ◽

Uranium Plutonium ◽

Metal Coolant

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Towards Establishment of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan / Atomic Energy Society of Japan ◽

10.3327/jaesj.45.775 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 45 (12) ◽

pp. 775-780

Author(s):

Tetuya ENDOU

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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Uranium, its impact on the national and global energy mix; and its history, distribution, production, nuclear fuel-cycle, future, and relation to the environment

Circular ◽

10.3133/cir1141 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

Warren Irvin Finch

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽

Global Energy ◽

Energy Mix

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Social impact theory based modeling for security analysis in the nuclear fuel cycle

Kerntechnik ◽

10.3139/124.110480 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 80 (1) ◽

pp. 70-75 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tae Ho Woo

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Social Impact ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Security Analysis ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽

Impact Theory

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Aluminosilicate-Phosphate Model of Polyphase Matrices for Immobilization of Sr-Cs-fractions of Nuclear Fuel Cycle HLW

Recent Patents on Engineering ◽

10.2174/187221210703131217164122 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 209-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. Bogdanov ◽

R. Kuznetsov ◽

V. Epimahov ◽

A. Titov ◽

E. Prudnikov

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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A family of uranyl oxide hydrate phases with bivalent cations [MII(H2O)4][(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·H2O (MII – Mn, Co, Ni, Zn): synthesis, characterization and chemical stability in aqueous solutions

New Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1039/d1nj01414e ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nikolay G. Chernorukov ◽

Oxana V. Nipruk ◽

Kseniya A. Klinshova ◽

Olga N. Tumaeva ◽

Dmitry V. Sokolov

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solutions ◽

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Chemical Stability ◽

Fuel Cycle ◽

Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽

Oxide Hydrate ◽

Uranium Compounds ◽

Bivalent Cations

A series of new uranium compounds [MII(H2O)3][(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·2H2O (MII – Mn, Co, Ni, Zn) were synthesized for binding radionuclides in the environment and nuclear fuel cycle.

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