Waste management implications of advanced fuel cycle systems using Fast Reactors (FR)

Funasaka, Hideyuki; Koma, Yoshikazu  ; Sato, Koji; Nakajima, Yasuo  ; Shiotani, Hiroki; Kato, Atsushi ; Higuchi, Tatsuya; Namba, Takashi

Feasibility Study on commercialized FR cycle systems has been carried out by a Japanese joint team with the participation of all parties concerned in Japan since 1999. The result of the PhaseII (JFY 2001-2005) will work out until March 2006, and then the prospective of the promising concepts and the key issues for the commercialization will be summarized. In this paper, the candidate reprocessing systems studied in the Phase II are reviewed from the view point of compatibility with the reduction of environmental burden.