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Utilization of rock-like oxide fuel in the phase-out scenario

Nishihara, Kenji  ; Akie, Hiroshi  ; Shirasu, Noriko  ; Iwamura, Takamichi*

Utilization of rock-like oxide (ROX) fuel in light water reactors for plutonium (Pu) burning was studied by material balance analysis for a case of Japanese phase-out scenario under investigation after the Fukushima accident. For the analysis, the nuclear material balance analysis (NMB) code was developed with features of accurate burn-up calculation, flexible combination of reactors and fuels and an ability to estimate waste and repository. Three scenario-groups of once-through, Pu burning in mixed oxide (MOX) fuel and in ROX fuel were analyzed. By construction of two full MOX- or ROX- reactors, Pu amount is reduced to about a half and isotopic vector of Pu is deteriorated as nuclear weapon especially in terms of spontaneous fission neutron. Effects by ROX are more significant than MOX in both amount and vector. Repository footprint and potential radio-toxicity is not reduced by MOX and ROX because heat and toxicity of MOX and ROX spent fuel is considerably high.

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