scholarly journals Two Kinds of Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Fuel Cycle Models Analysis of the Economy

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
平 胡
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor

scholarly journals Economic Analysis of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won Il Ko ◽  
Fanxing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Unit Cost ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor ◽  
Fair Comparison ◽  
The Republic

An economic analysis has been performed to compare four nuclear fuel cycle options: a once-through cycle (OT), DUPIC recycling, thermal recycling using MOX fuel in a pressurized water reactor (PWR-MOX), and sodium fast reactor recycling employing pyroprocessing (Pyro-SFR). This comparison was made to suggest an economic competitive fuel cycle for the Republic of Korea. The fuel cycle cost (FCC) has been calculated based on the equilibrium material flows integrated with the unit cost of the fuel cycle components. The levelized fuel cycle costs (LFCC) have been derived in terms of mills/kWh for a fair comparison among the FCCs, and the results are as follows: OT 7.35 mills/kWh, DUPIC 9.06 mills/kWh, PUREX-MOX 8.94 mills/kWh, and Pyro-SFR 7.70 mills/kWh. Due to unavoidable uncertainties, a cost range has been applied to each unit cost, and an uncertainty study has been performed accordingly. A sensitivity analysis has also been carried out to obtain the break-even uranium price (215$/kgU) for the Pyro-SFR against the OT, which demonstrates that the deployment of the Pyro-SFR may be economical in the foreseeable future. The influence of pyrotechniques on the LFCC has also been studied to determine at which level the potential advantages of Pyro-SFR can be realized.

scholarly journals Pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel data library produced with the Serpent2 code

Data in Brief ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 106429
Author(s):  
Zsolt Elter ◽  
Li Pöder Balkeståhl ◽  
Erik Branger ◽  
Sophie Grape
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Data Library

Advanced Alternatives of VVER-440 Fuel Assembly

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juraj Tomaškovič ◽  
Petr Dařílek ◽  
Radoslav Zajac ◽  
Vladimír Nečas
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Assembly ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Gradual Increase ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
Fuel Pin ◽  
Basic Characteristics

The main goals of fuel development for pressurized water reactor are effectiveness and economic efficiency. Both requirements can be achieved by gradual increase of discharged fuel burn-up and prolongation of fuel cycle. The mentioned effects can be reached by optimisation of fuel assembly profiling, fuel enrichment raise, and by parasitic absorption reduction. These methods were used in VVER-440 fuel assembly optimisation, described in this paper. Fuel pin configurations with enrichment limit 5 % and also enlarged one up to 5.95 % U235 were designed. Reduction of parasitic absorption was limited by carcass frame of the assembly. Basic characteristics of the best assembly proposals are presented and effects on equilibrium fuel cycle of VVER-440 reactor are characterized.

Actinide-Only Burnup Credit for Pressurized Water Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel—I: Methodology Overview

1999 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale B. Lancaster ◽  
Emilio Fuentes ◽  
Chi H. Kang ◽  
Meraj Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor

Fuel Cycle Economy of Accident Tolerant Fuel Assemblies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Duoting ◽  
Liu Tong ◽  
Huang Heng
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Assembly ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Cycle Economy ◽  
Fuel Assemblies

Taking the large commercial pressurized water reactor and its mature fuel assembly as reference, this paper has analyzed economic performance of two accident tolerant fuel (ATF) designs based on once-through fuel cycle. The results show that the fuel cycle costs of both AT F designs have grown due to application of BeO powder, which is expensive. In order to reach the same electric cost as that of the referred fuel assembly, burn-up of these two AT F designs should be enhanced to 51323MWd/tU and 52054MWd/tU respectively.

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