Conveners
7.4 Fuel Cycle Analysis
- Anzhelika Khaperskaya (State Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation)
- Huo Xingkai (CIAE)
Dr
Andrei Rineiski
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
29/06/2017, 08:00
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
A study on partitioning and transmutation (P&T) for nuclear waste management was done in Germany in 2012-2014 [1]. In particular, possible fuel cycle options and systems for burning/utilization of transuranic elements in the German and European frameworks were proposed and analyzed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), while exploring results of earlier projects, to which KIT contributed...
Prof.
Myung Hyun Kim
(Kyung Hee University)
29/06/2017, 08:20
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
Thorium is an attractive fuel option due to its inherent characteristics compared with U-Pu fuels. Less production of the long-lived transuranics with thorium fuel increases the proliferation-resistance and also reduces the high level radioactive waste in concern. Purpose of this study is to test and evaluate fuel performance and TRU transmutation performance of various design options with...
Mr
Keyuan ZHOU
(China Institute of Atomic Energy)
29/06/2017, 08:40
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
As one of the largest developing country, China needs reliable energy supply. At the same time, China should improve the energy structure and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Nuclear and renewable energy is the main solution to these problems. According to some studies, nuclear power capacity will increase to 400GWe in 2050. Due to limitations of uranium resources, we must consider the...
Mr
Vladimir Artisyuk
(ROSATOM-CICE&T)
29/06/2017, 09:00
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
Commissioning of small modular reactors (SMR) seems to be the most reasonable option for the majority of countries embarking on nuclear energy. According to a number of IAEA publications, more than 45 different projects of small nuclear power plants are currently under development and implementation. Russian technological experience with nuclear propulsion systems for navy and ice-breaking...
Georgy Toshinsky
29/06/2017, 09:20
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
SVBR Project deals with small modular fast reactor with heavy liquid metal coolant (SVBR-100) - the eutectic alloy lead-bismuth (LBC). LBC technology was mastered and applied in an industrial scale for submarine applications at the beginning of 1950th. SVBR Project is a pilot project in terms of implementation of large-scale high-tech projects in the nuclear industry jointly with a commercial...
Dr
Alexander Chebeskov
(IPPE)
29/06/2017, 09:40
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
Long-term development of nuclear power assumes using energy resources of uranium-238 and thorium-232. The valuable property of fast reactors (FR) is their possibility to involve fertile isotopes uranium-238 and thorium-232 into nuclear fuel cycle (NFC). The use of regenerated products in FRs, received during reprocessing of spent fuel (SF), will provide closure of a NFC.
Currently limited...
