Assuaging Nuclear Energy Risks: The Angarsk International Uranium Enrichment Center

Journal Article · Tue Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3583177· OSTI ID:21513473

Myers, Astasia ^[1]

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1. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA and MonAme Scientific Research Center, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

The recent nuclear renaissance has motivated many countries, especially developing nations, to plan and build nuclear power reactors. However, domestic low enriched uranium demands may trigger nations to construct indigenous enrichment facilities, which could be redirected to fabricate high enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. The potential advantages of establishing multinational uranium enrichment sites are numerous including increased low enrichment uranium access with decreased nuclear proliferation risks. While multinational nuclear initiatives have been discussed, Russia is the first nation to actualize this concept with their Angarsk International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). This paper provides an overview of the historical and modern context of the multinational nuclear fuel cycle as well as the evolution of Russia's IUEC, which exemplifies how international fuel cycle cooperation is an alternative to domestic facilities.

• OSTI ID: 21513473
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1342, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international Ulaanbaatar conference on nuclear physics and applications, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), 26-30 Jul 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3583177; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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