Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Radioactive Waste Management
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Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Radioactive Waste Management

This study analyses a range of advanced nuclear fuel cycle options from the perspective of their effect on radioactive waste management policies. It presents various fuel cycle options which illustrate differences between alternative technologies, but does not purport to cover all foreseeable future fuel cycles. The analysis extends the work carried out in previous studies, assesses the fuel cycles as a whole, including all radioactive waste generated at each step of the cycles, and covers high-level waste repository performance for the different fuel cycles considered.

Publication Date :
29 May 2006
DOI :
10.1787/9789264024861-en
 
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Authors:
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency
Pages :
17–19
DOI :
10.1787/9789264024861-3-en

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A first series of comprehensive studies investigating the role and feasibility of P&T as an alternative waste management option was conducted in the 1970s predominantly in Europe. A renewed interest in P&T arose in the late 1980s, this time in Japan. A detailed history of this development has been described in [1].
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