Trends towards Sustainability in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Table des matières

Executive summary
1. Introduction
-1.1. Introduction
-1.2. Summary of the previous report
-1.3. International initiatives with a focus on sustainability
-1.4. Sustainability elements for the nuclear fuel cycle
2. The nuclear fuel cycle in perspective
-2.1. Introduction
-2.2. World energy and electricity demand
-2.3. The benefits of nuclear power
-2.4. The challenges to nuclear power expansion
-2.5. The nuclear fuel cycle: an overview
-2.6. The nuclear fuel cycle: front end
-2.7. The nuclear fuel cycle: irradiation stage – reactor operations
-2.8. The nuclear fuel cycle: back end
-2.9. The nuclear fuel cycle: future developments
3. Technical progress
-3.1. Introduction
-3.2. Evolution trends in the current fuel cycle
-3.3. The longer-term future, options and R&D trends
4. Progress towards sustainability: technology, policy and international trends
-4.1. Sustainability of trends in nuclear fuel cycles
-4.2. Trends in countries and global efforts for nuclear fuel cycle developments
-4.3. Comments on policies
5. Conclusions and recommendations
-5.1. Evolutionary trends
-5.2. Advanced fuel cycles
Annex 1: List of experts
Annex 2: Acronyms