Impact of ADTT concepts on the management of global plutonium inventories

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:262997

Davidson, J W; Krakowski, R A; Arthur, E D

The impact of a number of current and future nuclear systems on global plutonium inventories is assessed under realistic forecasts of nuclear power growth. Advanced systems, such as those employing Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technologies (ADTT) and liquid metal reactors, show significant promise for meeting future plutonium management needs. These analyses also indicate requirements for a higher level of detail in the nuclear fuel cycle model and for development of a metric to more quantitatively assess the proliferation risk of plutonium arising from the civilian fuel cycle.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 262997
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-1868; CONF-960639-3; ON: DE96012626; TRN: 96:016999
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. international conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications, Kalmar (Sweden), 3-7 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
PLUTONIUM
INVENTORIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
FUEL CYCLE
TRANSMUTATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT