Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Separating minor actinides (MA) from high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is an effective option for reducing the burden of final disposal. However, the recovered MA must be transmuted in fast reactors (FR) or similar technologies. The widespread deployment of FR is expected in the latter half of the...
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| author | Okamura Tomohiro Nasase Masahiko Takeshita Kenji Shimada Takashi Konishi Yuki Nishimura Keisuke Ishida Hitomi Yamamura Tomoo |
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| description | Separating minor actinides (MA) from high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is an effective option for reducing the burden of final disposal. However, the recovered MA must be transmuted in fast reactors (FR) or similar technologies. The widespread deployment of FR is expected in the latter half of the 21st century. In this study, we evaluated the introduction of a temporary MA storage process to bridge the time gap between the early introduction of MA separation and the deployment of FR with adequate transmutation capacity. The results showed that the MA temporary storage process effectively mitigates the burden of final disposal and MA temporary storage allows the amount of recovered MA to be managed independently of the FR capacity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e45653f278074c2cae946de64086e8ea2025-02-05T10:53:04ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2025-01-013170100910.1051/epjconf/202531701009epjconf_atalante2025_01009Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel CycleOkamura Tomohiro0Nasase Masahiko1Takeshita Kenji2Shimada Takashi3Konishi Yuki4Nishimura Keisuke5Ishida Hitomi6Yamamura Tomoo7Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon EnergyTokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon EnergyTokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon EnergyMitsubishi FBR systemsMitsubishi Heavy IndustryMitsubishi Heavy IndustryMitsubishi Heavy IndustryMitsubishi Heavy IndustrySeparating minor actinides (MA) from high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is an effective option for reducing the burden of final disposal. However, the recovered MA must be transmuted in fast reactors (FR) or similar technologies. The widespread deployment of FR is expected in the latter half of the 21st century. In this study, we evaluated the introduction of a temporary MA storage process to bridge the time gap between the early introduction of MA separation and the deployment of FR with adequate transmutation capacity. The results showed that the MA temporary storage process effectively mitigates the burden of final disposal and MA temporary storage allows the amount of recovered MA to be managed independently of the FR capacity.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2025/02/epjconf_atalante2025_01009.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Okamura Tomohiro Nasase Masahiko Takeshita Kenji Shimada Takashi Konishi Yuki Nishimura Keisuke Ishida Hitomi Yamamura Tomoo Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| title_full | Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| title_fullStr | Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| title_short | Impact of MA Temporary Storage Process on the Reduction of Final Disposal Burden in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| title_sort | impact of ma temporary storage process on the reduction of final disposal burden in the advanced nuclear fuel cycle |
| url | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2025/02/epjconf_atalante2025_01009.pdf |
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