A Review of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Strategies and the Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Technologies
| Autor: | Laura Rodriguez-Penalonga, B. Moratilla Soria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Nuclear fuel cycle
Engineering Control and Optimization nuclear waste management 020209 energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology recycling lcsh:Technology 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering reprocessing Engineering (miscellaneous) Waste management lcsh:T Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Global vision Radioactive waste Environmental economics Nuclear power Spent nuclear fuel nuclear energy Social acceptability Sustainability business Energy (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Energies, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 1235 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en10081235 |
| Popis: | Nuclear power has been questioned almost since its beginnings and one of the major issues concerning its social acceptability around the world is nuclear waste management. In recent years, these issues have led to a rise in public opposition in some countries and, thus, nuclear energy has been facing even more challenges. However, continuous efforts in R&D (research and development) are resulting in new spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management technologies that might be the pathway towards helping the environment and the sustainability of nuclear energy. Thus, reprocessing and recycling of SNF could be one of the key points to improve the social acceptability of nuclear energy. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review the state of the nuclear waste management technologies, its evolution through time and the future advanced techniques that are currently under research, in order to obtain a global vision of the nuclear fuel cycle strategies available, their advantages and disadvantages, and their expected evolution in the future. |
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