Abstract
Abstract
Multi-recycling HTGR has been investigated by JAEA in order to reduce the environmental burden and non-proliferation of Pu. In the previous study, it is found that all actinoids except neptunium, which is not problematic from the viewpoint of toxicity and proliferation, can be recycled. However, the cycle length is slightly decreased compared with uranium fueled core due to the cumulated fertile TRU in the fuel composition. In the present study, Pu recycling HTGR is designed to incorporate with MA burning. As a result, the cycle length is increased by approximately 15% compared with TRU multi-recycling core, and if the MA burner can be achieved by IFR, the cost is decreased by 0.14 yen/kWh.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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