Safeguards issues of the direct use of spent PWR fuels in CANDU reactors

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6676824

Hong, Jongsook ^[1]; Pillay, K K.S. ^[2]; Payne, E ^[3]

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1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
3. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)

Nuclear proliferation constitutes a serious threat to the peaceful application of nuclear technologies; therefore, effective international safeguards are an essential feature of the nuclear power industry worldwide. Because of the high-proliferation potential of conventional reprocessing to recover pure plutonium, a variety of alternatives have been proposed during the past two decades. In 1991, one such alternative was proposed by a joint working group from Canada, the Republic of Korea, and the United States. The proposal is for the direct use of pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuels in Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactors (DUPIC) in the fuel cycle. This paper examines the proliferation potentials and safeguards issues of the proposed DUPIC fuel cycle. 2 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6676824
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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