Conceptual Design of a Pilot-Scale Pyroprocessing Facility

Chang, Yoon Il; Benedict, Robert W.; Bucknor, Matthew D.; Figueroa, Javier; Herceg, Joseph E.; Johnson, Terry R.; Koehl, Eugene R.; Lell, Richard M.; Park, Young Soo; Pope, Chad L.; Wiedmeyer, Stanley G.; Williamson, Mark A.; Willit, James L.; James, Reid; Meyers, Steve; Spaulding, Bryan; Underdahl, John; Wolf, Mike

doi:10.1080/00295450.2018.1513243

Title: Conceptual Design of a Pilot-Scale Pyroprocessing Facility

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Argonne National Laboratory and Merrick & Company introduced the conceptual design of a pilot-scale (100 T/year) pyroprocessing facility for the treatment of used fuel generated by commercial light water reactors and subsequent treatment of waste streams generated during the process. The primary purpose of this study was to perform sufficient engineering for the pilot facility conceptual design so that credible capital and operating cost estimates could be developed. Initial safety, safeguards, and security assessments were also completed to provide a detailed evaluation in these areas that can significantly affect both capital and operating costs. Electrorefining-based pyroprocessing resulted in a compact hot-cell facility with few process equipment systems. The process equipment and support systems were estimated to cost $93 million and the facility $305 million for a project total cost of $398 million. The annual operating cost was estimated at $53 million/year Scaling up to a commercial-scale (400 T/year) was also assessed and the capital cost was estimated at $911 million with annual operating cost of $90 million/year.

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^[1]; Benedict, Robert W. ^[1]; Bucknor, Matthew D. ^[1]; Figueroa, Javier ^[1]; Herceg, Joseph E. ^[1]; Johnson, Terry R. ^[1]; Koehl, Eugene R. ^[1]; Lell, Richard M. ^[1]; Park, Young Soo ^[1]; Pope, Chad L. ^[1]; Wiedmeyer, Stanley G. ^[1]; Williamson, Mark A. ^[1]; Willit, James L. ^[1]; James, Reid ^[2]; Meyers, Steve ^[2]; Spaulding, Bryan ^[2]; Underdahl, John ^[2]; Wolf, Mike ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Merrick & Company, Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: Landmark Foundation; USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1530391

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 205; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; nuclear fuel cycle; pyroprocessing; spent fuel management

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                    Chang, Yoon Il, Benedict, Robert W., Bucknor, Matthew D., Figueroa, Javier, Herceg, Joseph E., Johnson, Terry R., Koehl, Eugene R., Lell, Richard M., Park, Young Soo, Pope, Chad L., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., Willit, James L., James, Reid, Meyers, Steve, Spaulding, Bryan, Underdahl, John, and Wolf, Mike. Conceptual Design of a Pilot-Scale Pyroprocessing Facility.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Chang, Yoon Il, Benedict, Robert W., Bucknor, Matthew D., Figueroa, Javier, Herceg, Joseph E., Johnson, Terry R., Koehl, Eugene R., Lell, Richard M., Park, Young Soo, Pope, Chad L., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., Willit, James L., James, Reid, Meyers, Steve, Spaulding, Bryan, Underdahl, John, & Wolf, Mike. Conceptual Design of a Pilot-Scale Pyroprocessing Facility.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1513243

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                    Chang, Yoon Il, Benedict, Robert W., Bucknor, Matthew D., Figueroa, Javier, Herceg, Joseph E., Johnson, Terry R., Koehl, Eugene R., Lell, Richard M., Park, Young Soo, Pope, Chad L., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., Willit, James L., James, Reid, Meyers, Steve, Spaulding, Bryan, Underdahl, John, and Wolf, Mike. Tue .  
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@article{osti_1530391,

  title        = {Conceptual Design of a Pilot-Scale Pyroprocessing Facility},

  author       = {Chang, Yoon Il and Benedict, Robert W. and Bucknor, Matthew D. and Figueroa, Javier and Herceg, Joseph E. and Johnson, Terry R. and Koehl, Eugene R. and Lell, Richard M. and Park, Young Soo and Pope, Chad L. and Wiedmeyer, Stanley G. and Williamson, Mark A. and Willit, James L. and James, Reid and Meyers, Steve and Spaulding, Bryan and Underdahl, John and Wolf, Mike},

  abstractNote = {Argonne National Laboratory and Merrick & Company introduced the conceptual design of a pilot-scale (100 T/year) pyroprocessing facility for the treatment of used fuel generated by commercial light water reactors and subsequent treatment of waste streams generated during the process. The primary purpose of this study was to perform sufficient engineering for the pilot facility conceptual design so that credible capital and operating cost estimates could be developed. Initial safety, safeguards, and security assessments were also completed to provide a detailed evaluation in these areas that can significantly affect both capital and operating costs. Electrorefining-based pyroprocessing resulted in a compact hot-cell facility with few process equipment systems. The process equipment and support systems were estimated to cost $93 million and the facility $305 million for a project total cost of $398 million. The annual operating cost was estimated at $53 million/year Scaling up to a commercial-scale (400 T/year) was also assessed and the capital cost was estimated at $911 million with annual operating cost of $90 million/year.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00295450.2018.1513243},

  journal      = {Nuclear Technology},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 205,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

}

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