Published 2011
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Challenges in the back end of Th fuel cycle
Description
There is an increasing concern to save our planet from C emissions and green house gases which are inevitable till a viable alternative to fossil fuels is available. Green house gas emissions are significantly lower for electricity produced by nuclear fuels vis-a-vis fossil fuels. In this context, nuclear fuels, particularly those based on thorium appear to be strong candidates in the long run. Today 441 nuclear power plants, with total installed capacity of 358 GW(e) are in operation world wide generating around 16% of global electricity which are largely fuelled by natural/enriched uranium oxides. The paper attempts to state the challenges in the back end of Th fuel cycle
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry. V. 1
- Imprint Pagination
- 427 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 52-62
Conference
- Title
- 10. symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
- Acronym
- NUCAR 2011
- Dates
- 22-26 Feb 2011
- Place
- Visakhapatnam (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 42074004
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- MINING; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM 239; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THOREX PROCESS; THORIUM 232; THORIUM CYCLE; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ENERGY SOURCES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXTRACTION; FUEL CYCLE; FUELS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REPROCESSING; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 15 refs., 4 figs., 6 tabs.