Advanced Safeguards Approaches for New Fast Reactors

Durst, Philip C.; Therios, Ike; Bean, Robert; Boyer, Brian D; Wallace, Rick L.; Ehinger, Michael; Kovacic, Don N.; Tolk, Keith

doi:10.2172/949148

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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.…”

Section: Gaps and Needsmentioning

confidence: 85%

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

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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: 85%

AFCI Safeguards Enhancement Study: Technology Development Roadmap

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Tobin²,

Cipiti³

et al. 2008

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“…Fast reactor systems will likely require hardened, secure storage for Pu, HEU, or TRU-fuel, advanced, redundant surveillance, containment and monitoring systems, and continuous, unattended non-destructive assay (NDA) to monitor fuel movements that can distinguish between fissile and fertile and non-nuclear material items. For reactors from which fresh and spent TRU-fuel assemblies are being shipped and received, new NDA techniques need to be developed for measuring Pu and actinide content [3,6].…”

Section: Fast Reactor Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… Coolants: Use of coolants other than water, such as lead-bismuth or sodium, in fast reactor systems does not allow for traditional optical viewing of the fuel in the core or in the spent fuel storage [3,6].…”

Section: Fast Reactor Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%