The status and prospect of DUPIC fuel technology
- 1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Description
Since 1991, Korea, Canada and United States have performed the direct use of spent Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fuel in the CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactors (DUPIC) fuel development project. Unlike the Tandem fuel cycle, which requires a wet reprocessing, the DUPIC fuel technology can directly refabricate CANDU fuels from the PWR spent fuel and, therefor, is recognized as a highly proliferation-resistant fuel cycle technology, which can be adopted even in non-proliferation treaty countries. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has fabricated DUPIC fuel elements in a laboratory-scale remote fuel fabrication facility. KAERI has demonstrated the fuel performance in the research reactor, and has confirmed the operational feasibility and safety of a CANDU reactor loaded with the DUPIC fuel using conventional design and analysis tools, which will be the foundation of the future practical and commercial uses of DUPIC fuel
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- 38 refs, 9 figs, 1 tab
- Journal Page Range
- p. 359-374
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 38057780
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPATIBILITY; ECONOMICS; KAERI; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; PROLIFERATION; PWR TYPE REACTORS; SAFEGUARDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; KOREAN ORGANIZATIONS; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS