Published December 1988 | Version v1
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Current status of spent fuel management in Japan

Creators

  • 1. Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo (Japan). Atomic Energy Bureau
  • 2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Naka, Ibaraki (Japan). Fuel Reprocessing Lab.
  • 3. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokyo (Japan)

Description

Japan now operates 35 nuclear power reactors with a combined capacity of 28 GWe. The future nuclear power generation capacity is forecasted to be at least 53 GWe in the year 2000. The basic policy of spent fuel management of Japan is to reprocess the fuel discharged and to utilize the recovered U and Pu in thermal reactors as well as in FBR. The state of the art and plans for relevant R and D activities on spent fuel storage, transportation, reprocessing for thermal reactors and FBR, recycling of recovered U and Pu, and management of HLW are described. (author). 3 figs, 2 tabs

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Spent fuel management: Current status and prospects

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Spent fuel management: Current status and prospects
Imprint Pagination
164 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 113-128.
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--487

Conference

Title
Current status and prospects.
Acronym
Advisory group meeting on spent fuel management
Dates
15-18 Mar 1988.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
20049235
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
JAPAN; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; REPROCESSING; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL CYCLE; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STORAGE

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