22.251 | Fall 2009 | Graduate

Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Readings

Assigned Reading

The required course textbook is:

Cochran R. G., and N. Tsoulfanidis. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis and Management. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1993. ISBN: 9780894484513.

Reading Assignments

The reading assignments listed below are from the following textbook:

[DDP] = Driscoll, M. J., T. J. Downar, and E. E. Pilat. The Linear Reactivity Model for Nuclear Fuel Management. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1991. ISBN: 9780894480355.

Read the preface and note errata.

Chapter 1 (Section 1.3.1; Equation 1.7; Table 1.2)

Chapter 2 (Section 2.5; pp. 53-59)

Chapter 3 (Sections 3.1 through 3.3; 3.9)

Chapter 4 (Sections 4.1 through 4.3; 4.8)

Chapter 5 (Sections 5.1 through 5.2; Table 5.1)

Chapter 6 (Sections 6.3 and 6.6)

Additional References

Wilson, P. D. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: from Ore to Wastes. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780198565406.

Driscoll, M. J., T. J. Downar, and E. E. Pilat. The Linear Reactivity Model for Nuclear Fuel Management. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1991. ISBN: 9780894480355.

Levine, S. H. “Fuel Management.” In CRC Handbook of Nuclear Reactor Calculations. Edited by Y. Ronan. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780849329272.

Benedict, M., T. H. Pigford, and H. W. Levi. Nuclear Chemical Engineering. 2nd ed. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill, 1981. ISBN: 9780070045316.

Rasmussen, N. C., et al. Nuclear Waste: Technologies for Separations and Transmutation. Washington, DC: National Research Council, 1996. ISBN: 9780309052269.

Complex Cleanup: The Environmental Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Production. Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress, 1991. ISBN: 9780160291623.

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Reactor Strategies: Adjusting to New Realities. IAEA, 1997. ISBN: 9789201037978.

Knief, R. A. Nuclear Energy Technology. 2nd ed. Miami, FL: Hemisphere Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780070350861.

Marshall, W. Nuclear Power Technology: Volume 2: Fuel Cycle. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780198519584.

The Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. NEA/ OECD, 1994. ISBN: 9789264141544.

“Water Reactor Extended Burn-Up Study (WREBUS).” IAEA Technical Report Series, no. 343 (1992).

Gavrilas, M., P. Hejzlar, N. E. Todreas, and Y. Shatilla. Safety Features of Operating Light Water Reactors of Western Design. 2nd ed. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), 2000.

Deutch, J., C. Forsberg, M. Driscoll, A. Kadak, M. Kazimi, and E. Moniz. “Update 2009.”

Guerin, L., and M. S. Kazimi. “Impact of Alternatives Nuclear Fuel Cycle Option on Infrastructure and Fuel Requirements, Actinide & Waste Management and Economics.” September 2009: 1-257.

The Boston Consulting Group. “Economic Assessment of Used Nuclear Fuel Management in the US.” July 2006: 1-96.

Bunn, M., et al. “The Economics of Reprocessing Versus Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel.” Nuclear Technology 150, no. 3 (2005): 209-230.

Shropshire, D. E., et al. “Advanced Fuel Cycle Cost Basis.” INL/EXT-07-12107 (2007): 1- 554.