Safety and Risk of Light Water Reactors and their Fuel Cycle Facilities

2012 ◽  
pp. 313-415
Author(s):  
Günter Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Water Reactors

scholarly journals Concept of Erbium Doped Uranium Oxide Fuel Cycle in Light Water Reactors

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 506-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir BARCHEVTSEV ◽  
Vladimir ARTISYUK ◽  
Hisashi NINOKATA
Keyword(s):  
Uranium Oxide ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Water Reactors

Alternative Applications of Homogeneous Thoria-Urania Fuel in Light Water Reactors to Enhance the Economics of the Thorium Fuel Cycle

2004 ◽  
Vol 147 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung-Kook Joo ◽  
Jae-Man Noh ◽  
Jae-Woon Yoo ◽  
Jin-Young Cho ◽  
Sang-Yoon Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Water Reactors

scholarly journals Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Bachmann ◽  
Roberto Fairhurst-Agosta ◽  
Zoë Richter ◽  
Nathan Ryan ◽  
Madicken Munk
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Natural Uranium ◽  
Light Water Reactors ◽  
Work Unit ◽  
Light Water ◽  
Average Mass ◽  
Unit Capacity ◽  
Water Reactors ◽  
Enriched Uranium ◽  
Material Requirements

Transitioning to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors will alter the material requirements of the current nuclear fuel cycle, in terms of the mass of enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity. This work simulates multiple fuel cycle scenarios using Cyclus to compare how the type of the advanced reactor deployed and the energy growth demand affect the material requirements of the transition to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors. Fuel cycle scenarios considered include the current fleet of Light Water Reactors in the U.S. as well as a no-growth and a 1% growth transition to either the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Micro Modular Reactor or the X-energy Xe-100 reactor from the current fleet of U.S. Light Water Reactors. This work explored parameters of interest including the number of advanced reactors deployed, the mass of enriched uranium sent to the reactors, and the Separative Work Unit capacity required to enrich natural uranium for the reactors. Deploying Micro Modular Reactors requires a higher average mass and Separative Work Unit capacity than deploying Xe-100 reactors, and a lower enriched uranium mass and a higher Separative Work Unity capacity than required to fuel Light Water Reactors before the transition. Fueling Xe-100 reactors requires less enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity than fueling Light Water Reactors before the transition.

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