Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support

Transitioning to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors will alter the material requirements of the current nuclear fuel cycle, in terms of the mass of enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity. This work simulates multiple fuel cycle scenarios using Cyclus to compare how the type...

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Autores principales:	Bachmann Amanda M., Fairhurst-Agosta Roberto, Richter Zoë, Ryan Nathan, Munk Madicken
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Publicado:	EDP Sciences 2021
Materias:	Nuclear engineering. Atomic power TK9001-9401
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:840471fcaef04a178f83abc5f4ff3cba2021-12-02T17:13:06ZEnrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support2491-929210.1051/epjn/2021021https://doaj.org/article/840471fcaef04a178f83abc5f4ff3cba2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.epj-n.org/articles/epjn/full_html/2021/01/epjn210024/epjn210024.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/2491-9292Transitioning to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors will alter the material requirements of the current nuclear fuel cycle, in terms of the mass of enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity. This work simulates multiple fuel cycle scenarios using Cyclus to compare how the type of the advanced reactor deployed and the energy growth demand affect the material requirements of the transition to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors. Fuel cycle scenarios considered include the current fleet of Light Water Reactors in the U.S. as well as a no-growth and a 1% growth transition to either the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Micro Modular Reactor or the X-energy Xe-100 reactor from the current fleet of U.S. Light Water Reactors. This work explored parameters of interest including the number of advanced reactors deployed, the mass of enriched uranium sent to the reactors, and the Separative Work Unit capacity required to enrich natural uranium for the reactors. Deploying Micro Modular Reactors requires a higher average mass and Separative Work Unit capacity than deploying Xe-100 reactors, and a lower enriched uranium mass and a higher Separative Work Unity capacity than required to fuel Light Water Reactors before the transition. Fueling Xe-100 reactors requires less enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity than fueling Light Water Reactors before the transition.Bachmann Amanda M.Fairhurst-Agosta RobertoRichter ZoëRyan NathanMunk MadickenEDP SciencesarticleNuclear engineering. Atomic powerTK9001-9401ENEPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, Vol 7, p 22 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Nuclear engineering. Atomic power TK9001-9401 Bachmann Amanda M. Fairhurst-Agosta Roberto Richter Zoë Ryan Nathan Munk Madicken Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support
description	Transitioning to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors will alter the material requirements of the current nuclear fuel cycle, in terms of the mass of enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity. This work simulates multiple fuel cycle scenarios using Cyclus to compare how the type of the advanced reactor deployed and the energy growth demand affect the material requirements of the transition to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors. Fuel cycle scenarios considered include the current fleet of Light Water Reactors in the U.S. as well as a no-growth and a 1% growth transition to either the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Micro Modular Reactor or the X-energy Xe-100 reactor from the current fleet of U.S. Light Water Reactors. This work explored parameters of interest including the number of advanced reactors deployed, the mass of enriched uranium sent to the reactors, and the Separative Work Unit capacity required to enrich natural uranium for the reactors. Deploying Micro Modular Reactors requires a higher average mass and Separative Work Unit capacity than deploying Xe-100 reactors, and a lower enriched uranium mass and a higher Separative Work Unity capacity than required to fuel Light Water Reactors before the transition. Fueling Xe-100 reactors requires less enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity than fueling Light Water Reactors before the transition.
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title	Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support
title_short	Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support
title_full	Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support
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publisher	EDP Sciences
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Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support

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