Nuclear Engineering and Technology

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  • Pages.794-800
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  • 2018
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Comparison of proliferation resistance among natural uranium, thorium-uranium, and thorium-plutonium fuels used in CANada Deuterium Uranium in deep geological repository by combining multiattribute utility analysis with transport model

  • 투고 : 2017.11.17
  • 심사 : 2018.02.12
  • 발행 : 2018.06.25
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The proliferation resistance (PR) of Th/U and Th/Pu fuels used in CANada Deuterium Uranium for the deep geological repository was assessed by combining the multiattribute utility analysis proposed by Chirayath et al., 2015 with the transport model of radionuclides in the repository and comparing with that of the used natural U fuel case. It was found that there was no significant advantage for Th/U and Th/Pu fuels from the viewpoint of the PR in the repository. It was also found that the PR values for used nuclear fuels in the repository of Th/U, Th/Pu, and natural U was comparable with those for enrichment and reprocessing facilities in the pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear fuel cycle. On the other hand, the PR values considering the transport of radionuclides in the repository were found to be slightly smaller than those without their transport after the used nuclear fuels started dissolving after 1,000 years.

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