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Nuclear Fuel Cycle Modeling Approaches For Recycling And Transmutation Of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Yee, Shannon K.

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2008, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Nuclear Engineering.
Policy decisions regarding the direction of nuclear power utilize sophisticated fuel cycle models. Both static and dynamic models are used to determine how a proposed technology will integrate into existing nuclear fuel cycle strategy. Dynamic models in particular are useful because they can better evaluate what-if scenarios. However, some of these models rely on static fuel recipes for loading recycled nuclear fuel. This static approach will lead to considerable uncertainty because it cannot capture the dynamic changes in separated inventory. Thus a better approach for loading recycled fuel is necessary. This thesis presents a better approach to load recycled fuel dynamically in an attempt to best match an available composition to a target composition by employing a novel isotopic reactivity worth value assignment. Once fuel is loaded and consumed in reactors, the resultant spent fuel composition can be determined by utilizing the transmutation approach explained in this thesis. These two approaches allow for modeling of dynamic fuel recycling. This thesis describes these approaches and presents illustrative results that can be incorporated into larger nuclear fuel cycle models.
Xiaodong Sun, PhD (Advisor)
Vish Subramaniam, PhD (Advisor)
Steven Piet, PhD (Committee Member)
156 p.

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  • Yee, S. K. (2008). Nuclear Fuel Cycle Modeling Approaches For Recycling And Transmutation Of Spent Nuclear Fuel [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213905425

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yee, Shannon. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Modeling Approaches For Recycling And Transmutation Of Spent Nuclear Fuel. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213905425.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yee, Shannon. "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Modeling Approaches For Recycling And Transmutation Of Spent Nuclear Fuel." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213905425

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)