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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.033 |
Plutonium management policy in the United Kingdom: The need for a dual track strategy | |
Hyatt, Neil C. | |
2017-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 101 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | The United Kingdom holds the largest stockpile of separated civil plutonium in the world, projected to reach 140 t, at the end of this decade, when reprocessing operations are complete. UK Government policy is that this material should be reused as MOX fuel in Light Water Reactors. This policy is re-examined in the light of recent experience of the US plutonium disposition programme, in which the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility is now considered to be potentially unaffordable. Problematic aspects of US programme, relevant to the UK scenario, are reviewed, to understand the possible impact on UK policy. Based on the US experience and inherent uncertainty regarding the capital and operational costs of MOX fuel fabrication and plutonium immobilisation facilities, and the associated technical risks, it is concluded that the UK policy should explicitly adopt a dual track strategy to plutonium management, with commitment that: any remaining plutonium which is not converted into MOX fuel, or otherwise reused, will be immobilised and treated as waste for disposal. This will also ensure that the UK is positioned and prepared to take forward an immobilisation and disposal programme for the plutonium stockpile, should reuse as MOX fuel not prove an economic or viable option. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
英文关键词 | Plutonium MOX Immobilisation |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000392768800031 |
WOS关键词 | IMMOBILIZATION ; DISPOSITION ; WASTE |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/17917 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Univ Sheffield, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Immobilisat Sci Lab, Sir Robert Hadfield Bldg,Mappin St, Sheffield S1 3JD, S Yorkshire, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hyatt, Neil C.. Plutonium management policy in the United Kingdom: The need for a dual track strategy[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2017,101. |
APA | Hyatt, Neil C..(2017).Plutonium management policy in the United Kingdom: The need for a dual track strategy.ENERGY POLICY,101. |
MLA | Hyatt, Neil C.."Plutonium management policy in the United Kingdom: The need for a dual track strategy".ENERGY POLICY 101(2017). |
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