Research Reactor Spent Fuel Management: Options and Support to Decision Making

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-T-3.9

English STI/PUB/1954 ¦ 978-92-0-120021-1

123 pages ¦ 68 figures ¦ € 42.00 ¦ Date published: 2021

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This publication, resulting from an IAEA coordinated research project (CRP), provides information about available strategies for research reactor spent fuel management, and presents a decision methodology to assist those selecting among several options, to identify the preferred approach for their specific situation. The decision support tools were developed to consider not only the cost of the possible research reactor spent fuel management strategies, but also the non-economic factors that might influence their selection. Examples of the technologies that are currently used by some IAEA Member States are provided. Additionally, this publication provides information about the Excel based decision-support tools developed as part of this CRP, along with case studies and tutorials to assist users.

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Keywords

Nuclear Energy Series, Research Reactor, Spent Fuel Management, Decision Making, Reactor, Spent Fuel, RRSNF, Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel, Strategy, Scenario, Fuel, Fuel Storage, Transportation, Management, Reprocessing, Disposal, Evaluation, Factor, Regulatory Consideration, SNF, Spent Nuclear Fuel, Integrated Approach, Nuclear Reactor Core, HLW, High Level Waste, LLW, Low Level Waste, NPP, Nuclear Power Plant, RR, Research Reactor