Nuclear Reactor History and Fuel Cycle Management Proposals ( Energy Policies, Politics and Prices )

Publication series :Energy Policies, Politics and Prices

Author: Federico E. Diaz;Scott J. Hayes  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781619429932

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781620810019

Subject: TL3 nuclear reactor engineering

Keyword: 暂无分类

Language: ENG

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Nuclear Reactor History and Fuel Cycle Management Proposals

Chapter

THE 1970S – A DECADE OF PROFOUND CHANGE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY

THE 1980S – RESPONDING TO THE NEW CHALLENGES

Industry Reorganization and Creation of INPO; Chernobyl and Creation of WANO

Review and Analysis of Nuclear Plant Operating Experience

Creation of INPO

Chernobyl and Creation of WANO

Quality Control and Safety Culture

Continued Delays and Cancellations of New Nuclear Plants; Shoreham Experience

Shoreham and Part 52

Industry ALWR Program and Industry-led Standardization

ALWR Phase 1: Program Planning and Development; Regulatory Stabilization

Phase 2: The ALWR Utility Requirements Document

Phase 3: Detailed Design Development of ALWR Passive Plants

NRC‟s 10 CFR Part 52 and Regulatory-Driven Standardization

Design Certification

Early Site Approval

Combined Construction and Operating License

1982 NWPA and Future Directions in Spent Fuel Management

Reagan Administration Policies on Nuclear Energy

Status of Nuclear Energy at the End of the Decade of the 1980s

DECADE OF THE 1990S: ADDRESSING THE BARRIERS TO EXPANSION

Completing the ALWR Program

ALWR Phase 4: First-of-a-Kind Engineering

Strategic Plan for Building New Nuclear Power Plants

Bush Administration‟s National Energy Strategy and the Energy Policy Act of 1992

Clinton Administration

NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

DOE„s Nuclear Power 2010 Program and GEN IV Program

Energy Policy Act of 2005

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)

Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Program

Current Status of Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technologies

Advanced Reactors

Advanced Fuel Cycles

Types of Reactors

Light Water Reactors (LWRs)

Gas Cooled Reactors (GCRs) and High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGRs)

Liquid Metal Reactors (LMRs)

Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)

Light Water Graphite Reactors (LWGRs)

REFERENCES13

End Notes

Chapter 2 MANAGING THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF EXPANDING GLOBAL ACCESS TO NUCLEAR POWER

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

RENEWED INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER EXPANSION2

Worldwide Nuclear Power Status

Nuclear Fuel Services Market

Yellowcake

Conversion

Enrichment

Fuel Fabrication

Final Stages of the Fuel Cycle

Waste Disposal and Energy Security

PROPOSALS ON THE FUEL CYCLE

Comprehensive Proposals

El Baradei Proposal (2003)

IAEA Experts Group/INFCIRC/640

President Bush’s 2004 Proposal

Russia’s “Global Nuclear Power Infrastructure”

Assurance of Fuel Supply: Supplier Guarantees

Six Country Concept

World Nuclear Association

Japan’s IAEA Standby Arrangements System

UK “Nuclear Fuel Assurance (NFA)”

Assurance of Fuel Supply: Fuel Reserves

U.S. LEU Fuel Reserve, the “American Assured Fuel Supply” (AFS)

IAEA LEU Fuel Bank

Congressional Approval

Russian LEU Fuel Reserve, Angarsk

Assurance of Supply: Enrichment Services

International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC), Angarsk, Russia

Germany’s Multilateral Enrichment Sanctuary Project (MESP)

Back-End Fuel Cycle Proposals

International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC)

Supply-Side approaches

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Group of Eight Nations (G-8)

COMPARISON OF PROPOSALS

PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTING FUEL ASSURANCE MECHANISMS

ISSUES FOR CONGRESS

End Notes

Chapter 3 U.S. URANIUM RESERVE ESTIMATES

SUMMARY

METHODOLOGY

Historical Estimates of Reserves, 1993 through 2003, and 2008

Chapter 4 2010 DOMESTIC URANIUM PRODUCTION REPORT

DRILLING

MINING

PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS

SALES

FACILITIES

EMPLOYMENT

EXPENDITURES

Chapter 5 URANIUM MARKETING ANNUAL REPORT

URANIUM PURCHASES AND PRICES

NEW AND FUTURE URANIUM CONTRACTS

URANIUM FEED, ENRICHMENT SERVICES, URANIUM LOADED

URANIUM FOREIGN PURCHASES/ SALES AND INVENTORIES

End Notes

INDEX

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