Published 2005 | Version v1
Computer medium

Fuel cycle optimization. French industry experience with recycling, and perspectives

  • 1. AREVA - COGEMA Recycling Business Unit, Bagnols-sur-Ceze (France)

Description

Treatment and recycling has been implemented in France from the very beginning of nuclear energy deployment. With the oil shocks in 1973 and 1979, very large scale industrial deployment of LWRs has then been conducted, with now 58 PWRs producing 80% of the total electricity. Modern large scale treatment and recycling facilities have been constructed in the same period: La Hauge treatment facilities and MELOX recycling plant. Important industrial feedback results from operation and optimization of fuel cycle backend facilities, which is summarized in the paper. Then are discussed perspectives with recycling. (author)

Part of:
GLOBAL 2005: Proceedings of the international conference on nuclear energy systems for future generation and global sustainability

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Imprint Place
Tokyo (Japan)
Imprint Title
GLOBAL 2005: Proceedings of the international conference on nuclear energy systems for future generation and global sustainability
Imprint Pagination
[2562 p.]
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]

Conference

Title
International conference on nuclear energy systems for future generation and global sustainability
Acronym
GLOBAL 2005
Dates
9-13 Oct 2005
Place
Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

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Notes
This CD-ROM can be used for WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, MACINTOSH; Acrobat Reader is included; Data in PDF format, Folder Name GL5XX, Paper ID GL592DF.pdf; 1 ref.