The Study of Typical PWR Nuclear Fuel Cycle

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 5174-5178
Author(s):  
Yue Hong ◽  
Lan Lan Jiang ◽  
Dong Xiao Niu ◽  
Fu Yan Liu ◽  
Xiao Yu Wang ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Application of sensitivity analysis in DYMOND/Dakota to fuel cycle transition scenarios

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
S. Richards ◽  
B. Feng
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Fast Reactors ◽  
Closed Fuel Cycle ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
Transition Scenario

The ability to perform sensitivity analysis has been enabled for the nuclear fuel cycle simulator DYMOND through its coupling with the design and analysis toolkit Dakota. To test and demonstrate these new capabilities, a transition scenario and multi-parameter study were devised. The transition scenario represents a partial transition from the US nuclear fleet to a closed fuel cycle with small modular LWRs and fast reactors fueled by reprocessed used nuclear fuel. Four uncertain parameters in this transition were studied – start date of reprocessing, total reprocessing capacity, the nuclear energy demand growth, and the rate at which the fast reactors are deployed – with respect to their impact on four response metrics. The responses – total natural uranium consumed, maximum annual enrichment capacity required, total disposed mass, and total cost of the nuclear fuel cycle – were chosen based on measures known to be of interest in transition scenarios [2] and to be significantly impacted by the varying parameters. Analysis of this study was performed both from the direct sampling and through surrogate models developed in Dakota to calculate the global sensitivity measures Sobol’ indices. This example application of this new capability showed that the most consequential parameter to most metrics was the share of new build capacity that is fast reactors. However, for the cost metric, the scaling factor of the energy demand growth was significant and had synergistic behavior with the fast reactor new build share.

Sensitivity Analysis for Comparative Evaluation of Ukrainian Nuclear Fuel Cycle

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
U.G. Kutsan ◽  
◽  
O.V. Godun ◽  
V.N. Kyrianchuk ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Fuel fabrication and reprocessing for nuclear fuel cycle with inherent safety demands

2015 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Yurevich Shadrin ◽  
Konstantin Nikolaevich Dvoeglazov ◽  
Valentine Borisovich Ivanov ◽  
Vladimir Ivanovich Volk ◽  
Mikhail Vladimirovich Skupov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Inherent Safety ◽  
Closed Fuel Cycle ◽  
Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Fuel Fabrication ◽  
Uranium Plutonium ◽  
Selection Of

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.

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

Atomic Energy ◽  
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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