International cooperation on regional fuel cycle centers and nuclear safety standards

The first part of this report is devoted to the description of the purpose and the present status of international co-operation in establishing nuclear safety standards. The outline of the NUSS project and the activities of SAG (Senior Advisory Group) are presented. The second part deals with the problems of nuclear-fuel cycle. The projected growth of nuclear power generation and associated needs for fuel cycle services are explained with tables and figures. The importance of reprocessing or managing irradiated fuel is emphasized together with the scale merit of the reprocessing plant. The influence of plutonium recycle is also discussed. The rest of this paper deals with the problem of establishing regional international fuel cycle center. IAEA's working group is now widely studying this problem. The purpose and the scope of this study are explained together with the importance of international co-operation. The study is scheduled to be completed early in 1977. (Aoki, K.)