Advanced Safeguards Approaches for New TRU Fuel Fabrication Facilities

Durst, Philip C.; Ehinger, Michael; Boyer, Brian D; Therios, Ike; Bean, Robert; Tolk, Keith

doi:10.2172/940231

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“…The SES was founded on recognized gaps and needs in the international and domestic safeguards community. For example, the gaps and needs for AFCI Safeguards will often be the same as, or at least consistent with, those from recent NA-24 technology evaluation and strategy documents [Durst 2007a;Durst 2007b;Durst 2007c]. Because the emphasis of the AFCI Safeguards Campaign is the back end of the fuel cycle, particularly irradiated fuel, MOX fuel and aqueous reprocessing plants, this roadmap shares the same emphasis.…”

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confidence: 84%

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

Smith¹,

Tobin²,

Cipiti³

et al. 2008

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The Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) Safeguards Campaign aims to develop safeguards technologies and processes that will significantly reduce the risk of proliferation in the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle of tomorrow. The Safeguards Enhancement Study was chartered with identifying promising research and development (R&D) directions over timescales both near-term and long-term, and under safeguards oversight both domestic and international. This technology development roadmap documents recognized gaps and needs in the safeguarding of nuclear fuel cycles, and outlines corresponding performance targets for each of those needs. Drawing on the collective expertise of technologists and user-representatives, a list of over 30 technologies that have the potential to meet those needs was developed, along with brief summaries of each candidate technology. Each summary describes the potential impact of that technology, key research questions to be addressed, and prospective development milestones that could lead to a definitive viability or performance assessment. Important programmatic linkages between U.S. agencies and offices are also described, reflecting the emergence of several safeguards R&D programs in the U.S. and the reinvigoration of nuclear fuel cycles across the globe.

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Section: Gaps and Needsmentioning

confidence: 84%

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

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Tobin²,

Cipiti³

et al. 2008

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“…Additionally, the advanced fissile assay technology will contribute to an increase in the transparency and international credibility of the reuse of fissile materials in future nuclear energy system development [8].…”

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Development of Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer for Isotopic Fissile Assay

Lee¹,

Park²,

Ahn

et al. 2014

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

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Nuclear non‐proliferation review and improving proliferation resistance assessment in the future

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Summary An increasing number of countries have taken nuclear energy as a preferred approach in response to the environment deterioration and energy supply deficit. The rapid expansion of nuclear technologies, however, would pose a great challenge to nuclear non‐proliferation, especially for the Generation IV nuclear reactor systems, which significantly differ from current nuclear fuel systems. This paper gives an overview of non‐proliferation research activities worldwide and outlines the existing problems, especially in non‐proliferation assessment. Because of numerous processes and various types of variables involved in nuclear fuel cycles (NFC), it is difficult to obtain a quantitative and objective assessment on non‐proliferation. In addition, the influences imposed by national nuclear policy on non‐proliferation have been rarely studied because of their large uncertainties, which may not precisely reflect the real non‐proliferation status in a specific country. In view of the above issues, we put forward an assessment framework by considering impact factors of national nuclear policy and by employing multi‐mathematical models to address some of the issues including subjectivity and uncertainties in the current assessment methodologies.

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Advanced Safeguards Approaches for New TRU Fuel Fabrication Facilities

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

Development of Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer for Isotopic Fissile Assay

Nuclear non‐proliferation review and improving proliferation resistance assessment in the future

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