Safeguardability of advanced spent fuel conditioning process

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:977694

Li, T K ^[1]; Lee, S Y ^[2]; Burr, Tom; Russo, P A ^[3]; Menlove, Howard O; Kim, H D; Ko, W I ^[4]; Park, S W; Park, H S

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1. Tien K.
2. Sang Yoon
3. Phyllis A.
4. Won Il

The Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process (ACP) is an electro-metallurgical treatment technique to convert oxide-type spent nuclear fuel into a metallic form. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been developing this technology since 1977 for the purpose of spent fuel management and is planning to perform a lab-scale demonstration in 2006. By using of this technology, a significant reduction of the volume and heat load of spent fuel is expected, which would lighten the burden of final disposal in terms of disposal size, safety and economics. In the framework of collaboration agreement to develop the safeguards system for the ACP, a joint study on the safeguardability of the ACP technology has been performed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the KAERI since 2002. In this study, the safeguardability of the ACP technology was examined for the pilot-scale facility. The process and material flows were conceptually designed, and the uncertainties in material accounting were estimated with international target values.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• OSTI ID: 977694
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-04-4187
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ECONOMICS
KAERI
LANL
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR FUELS
PLANNING
SAFEGUARDS
SAFETY
SPENT FUELS
TARGETS