The economic competitiveness of promising nuclear energy system: A closer look at the input uncertainties in LCOE analysis
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DOI: 10.1002/er.4393
Abstract: In this study, we aimed to provide important information about the potential economic benefits and risks of nuclear electricity generation associated with existing and prevailing nuclear technologies and to examine the economic effects of nuclear… read more here.
Keywords: cycle; fuel cycle; analysis; nuclear energy ... See more keywords
Thorium‐uranium close fuel cycle in fluoride‐salt‐cooled solid‐fuel fast reactor with two recycle strategies
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DOI: 10.1002/er.6168
Abstract: Fluoride‐salt‐cooled solid‐fuel fast reactor (LSFR) based on thorium fuel could achieve a self‐sustaining core which satisfies long term energy supply. In this paper, we further investigated the LSFR core neutronics characteristics for the close fuel… read more here.
Keywords: recycle; cycle; fuel cycle; fuel ... See more keywords
Optimization under uncertainty for robust fuel cycle analyses
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DOI: 10.1002/er.6236
Abstract: Optimization of nuclear fuel cycles is essential for experts and policy makers for studying and analyzing the future of the nuclear energy. In the case of advanced electronuclear transition scenarios, multiple parameters with a complex… read more here.
Keywords: fuel cycle; optimization uncertainty; fuel;
Physical model of the nuclear fuel cycle simulation code SITON
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.10.001
Abstract: Abstract Finding answers to main challenges of nuclear energy, like resource utilisation or waste minimisation, calls for transient fuel cycle modelling. This motivation led to the development of SITON v2.0 a dynamic, discrete facilities/discrete materials… read more here.
Keywords: fuel; fuel cycle; cycle simulation; code ... See more keywords
Molten salt reactor neutronics and fuel cycle modeling and simulation with SCALE
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.11.040
Abstract: Abstract Current interest in advanced nuclear energy and molten salt reactor (MSR) concepts has enhanced interest in building the tools necessary to analyze these systems. A Python script known as ChemTriton has been developed to… read more here.
Keywords: equilibrium; molten salt; fuel; fuel cycle ... See more keywords
Flexibility of ADS for minor actinides transmutation in different two-stage PWR-ADS fuel cycle scenarios
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.08.037
Abstract: Abstract A two-stage Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)-Accelerator Driven System (ADS) fuel cycle is proposed as an option to transmute minor actinides (MAs) recovered from the spent PWR fuels in the ADS system. At the second… read more here.
Keywords: two stage; minor actinides; mas; fuel cycle ... See more keywords
A comparison of curium, neptunium and americium transmutation feasibility
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.09.041
Abstract: Abstract Minor actinides transmutation is the process of decreasing the long term radiotoxicity of the nuclear spent fuel by submitting it to a neutron flux so as to achieve fission of the heavy nuclides concerned.… read more here.
Keywords: transmutation; americium; fuel cycle; curium ... See more keywords
Fuel cycle analysis of Advanced Burner Reactor with breed-and-burn thorium blanket
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.10.016
Abstract: Abstract The Seed-and-Blanket (SB it is few percent higher than that of the 2-stage PWR-ABR system. Approximately 7% of the thorium fed to the blanket is converted into energy, which makes the thorium fuel utilization… read more here.
Keywords: cycle analysis; blanket; thorium; fuel ... See more keywords
Fuel cycle analysis of molten salt reactors based on coupled neutronics and thermal-hydraulics calculations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.10.040
Abstract: Abstract A new fuel cycle analysis code named FAMOS was developed for molten salt reactor (MSR) applications by extending the DIF3D code to model the transport of delayed neutron precursors and by coupling the extended… read more here.
Keywords: cycle; molten salt; cycle analysis; fuel cycle ... See more keywords
Sparse Polynomial Chaos expansion for advanced nuclear fuel cycle sensitivity analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107430
Abstract: Abstract Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses are required in fuel cycle analyses for studying the viability of electronuclear scenarios by means of their response to variations in the input parameters. This implies that nuclear fuel cycle… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear fuel; cycle; sensitivity; fuel cycle ... See more keywords
Potential fuel cycle performance of floating small modular light water reactors of Russian origin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107555
Abstract: Abstract We examine the potential fuel cycle performance of high assay low-enriched uranium fueled small light water reactors by considering several floating small reactor concepts of Russian origin with 235U enrichment at 10%, 15%, and… read more here.
Keywords: floating small; cycle performance; fuel; fuel cycle ... See more keywords