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Fuel Cycle Scenario Definition, Evaluation, and Trade-Offs.

DE2007911563

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	Piet, S. J.; Matthern, G. E.; Jacobson, J. J.; Laws, C. T.; Cadwallader, L. C.
Page Count	315
Abstract	This report aims to clarify many of the issues being discussed within the AFCI program, including Inert Matrix Fuel (IMF) versus Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, single-pass versus multi-pass recycling, thermal versus fast reactors, potential need for transmutation of technetium and iodine, and the value of separating cesium and strontium. It documents most of the work produced by INL, ANL, and SNL personnel under their Simulation, Evaluation, and Trade Study (SETS) work packages during FY2005 and the first half of FY2006. This report represents the first attempt to calculate a full range of metrics, covering all four AFCI program objectives--waste management, proliferation resistance, energy recovery, and systematic management/economics/safety-- using a combination of 'static' calculations and a system dynamic model, DYMOND. In many cases, we examine the same issue both dynamically and statically to determine the robustness of the observations. All analyses are for the U.S. reactor fleet. This is a technical report, not aimed at a policy-level audience. A wide range of options are studied to provide the technical basis for identifying the most attractive options and potential improvements. Option improvement could be vital to accomplish before the AFCI program publishes definitive cost estimates. Information from this report will be extracted and summarized in future policy-level reports. Many dynamic simulations of deploying those options are included.
Keywords	Fuel cycle Mixed oxide fuels Nuclear fuels Transmutation Separation Fabrication Technetium Iodine Cesium Strontium Radioactive waste management Proliferation Safety Nuclear reactors Nuclear power plants
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200801

Fuel Cycle Scenario Definition, Evaluation, and Trade-Offs.

Fuel Cycle Scenario Definition, Evaluation, and Trade-Offs.
DE2007911563

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	Piet, S. J.; Matthern, G. E.; Jacobson, J. J.; Laws, C. T.; Cadwallader, L. C.
Page Count	315
Abstract	This report aims to clarify many of the issues being discussed within the AFCI program, including Inert Matrix Fuel (IMF) versus Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, single-pass versus multi-pass recycling, thermal versus fast reactors, potential need for transmutation of technetium and iodine, and the value of separating cesium and strontium. It documents most of the work produced by INL, ANL, and SNL personnel under their Simulation, Evaluation, and Trade Study (SETS) work packages during FY2005 and the first half of FY2006. This report represents the first attempt to calculate a full range of metrics, covering all four AFCI program objectives--waste management, proliferation resistance, energy recovery, and systematic management/economics/safety-- using a combination of 'static' calculations and a system dynamic model, DYMOND. In many cases, we examine the same issue both dynamically and statically to determine the robustness of the observations. All analyses are for the U.S. reactor fleet. This is a technical report, not aimed at a policy-level audience. A wide range of options are studied to provide the technical basis for identifying the most attractive options and potential improvements. Option improvement could be vital to accomplish before the AFCI program publishes definitive cost estimates. Information from this report will be extracted and summarized in future policy-level reports. Many dynamic simulations of deploying those options are included.
Keywords	Fuel cycle Mixed oxide fuels Nuclear fuels Transmutation Separation Fabrication Technetium Iodine Cesium Strontium Radioactive waste management Proliferation Safety Nuclear reactors Nuclear power plants
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200801