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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 207, 2020
25th Scientific Conference on Power Engineering and Power Machines (PEPM’2020)
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| Article Number | 01023 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Thermal Equipment, Heat and Mass Transfer Processes | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020701023 | |
| Published online | 18 November 2020 | |
Material Balance of Fuel Cycles for Plutonium Recycling in Pressurised Water Reactors
1 Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
2 Scientific and Technical Union of Power Engineers in Bulgaria, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
* Corresponding author: ivaylo.naydenov@gmail.com
An inevitable effect of uranium fuel operation is the production of plutonium. Its increasing inventory requires adoption of plutonium management strategy. The option that can provide inventory minimization and utilization of plutonium’s energy content is its usage as nuclear fuel. Since the most common power reactors are the pressurized water reactors, the current paper examines the material balance of several fuel cycles for single and multiple plutonium recycle in a reference PWR. Once-through fuel cycle’s balance has been used as a benchmark. Plutonium production and consumption rates, uranium and separative work requirements have been evaluated for four fuel cycle variations. The results affirm the overall long-term feasibility of multiple plutonium recycle in PWRs in terms of increased plutonium consumption.
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