Transition Towards a Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Future fuel cycle characteristics, feasibility and acceptability will be crucial for the continued development of nuclear energy, especially in the post-Fukushima context. Fuel cycle choices have both long- and short-term impacts, and a holistic assessment of their characteristics, cost and associat...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2013.
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| Colección: | Nuclear Science,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706445506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Executive summary 9 1. Introduction 11 2. Ongoing studies and hypotheses for the present study 13 -2.1. Recent studies 13 -2.2. Nuclear energy demand adopted for the world study 14 -2.2.1. Analysis of nuclear energy growth scenarios from available literature 15 -2.2.2. IPCC emission scenarios and energy projections 16 -2.2.3. IIASA scenarios and energy projections 19 -2.2.4. Energy subdivision adopted for the heterogeneous study 20 -2.3. A critical review of current uranium resources estimates 21 -2.3.1. Introduction 21 -2.3.2. Uranium resources estimates 22 -2.4. Reactor characteristics adopted in scenario studies 25 -2.4.1. Introduction 25 -2.4.2. Reactor models adopted in the study 25 -2.4.3. Description of the high breeding ratio sodium-cooled fast reactor model 26 3. World scenario: pressurised water reactors to meet energy demand 29 -3.1. PWRs with limited Pu recycle 29 -3.2. PWRs with extended recovery of fissile materials and variable burn-up 32 -4. Homogeneous world transition scenario with global energy demand growth 37 -4.1. Introduction 37 -4.2. World transition scenario 37 -4.3. Homogeneous world approach 38 5. World scenario: heterogeneous approach 47 -5.1. Introduction 47 -5.2. Regional (heterogeneous) approach 47 -5.2.1. PWR deployment and open fuel cycle 47 -5.2.2. World transition scenario towards fast systems in a regional approach 51 6. Conclusions 63 References 65 Members of the WPFC Expert Group on Advanced Fuel Cycle Scenarios 67
