Plutonium
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Plutonium
How Nuclear Power's Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare
Kang, Jungmin; von Hippel, Frank; Takubo, Masafumi
Springer Verlag, Singapore
12/2019
171
Dura
Inglês
9789811399008
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OVERVIEW 1. Overview Dreams of plutonium breeder reactors Downsides of breeders Much more uranium found and demand growth much lower than projections Reprocessing spent power-reactor fuel A wake-up call from India's nuclear test Plutonium fuel for light-water reactors Reprocessing for radioactive-waste management? The nightmares THE DREAM 2. The dream: a future powered by plutonium Dual-purpose reactors How plutonium is made Light-water reactors and uranium enrichment Plutonium breeder reactors THE NIGHTMARES 3. Civilian plutonium separation and nuclear-weapon proliferation Nuclear-weapon proliferation The wake-up call of Smiling Buddha The Carter administration's review of the US breeder-reactor program Electricity consumption growth slows and nuclear power stalls Fading of the breeder dream Legacies of the failed breeder-reactor dream 4. Continuation of plutonium separation without breeder reactors France: Recycling plutonium in light-water reactors United Kingdom: A reprocessing program finally winding down Japan: The only non-nuclear-armed country with a reprocessing program Russia: Continuing breeder reactor development Weapon-usability of reactor-grade plutonium The persistence of civilian reprocessing 5. A much worse accident that almost happened in Fukushima: A fire in a dense-packed spent fuel pool Concerns about fires in spent-fuel pools Land contamination by cesium-137 Regulatory considerations in the United States Potential impacts from spent-fuel-pool fires in South Korea A PATH FORWARD 6. Early dry-cask storage: A safer alternative to dense-packed pools and reprocessing Dry storage Cost advantages Safety advantages Central storage How long can dry storage endure? Transport Conclusions 7. Deep disposal of spent fuel without reprocessing Reprocessing and proliferation The modest environmental hazard from plutonium in a spent-fuel repository Can reprocessing significantly reduce the size of a radioactive-waste repository? Hazards of reprocessing Conclusions 8. The case for a ban on reprocessing A Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty Attempts to limit stocks of civilian plutonium Parallel efforts to limit HEU use A ban on plutonium separation Bibliography Index
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OVERVIEW 1. Overview Dreams of plutonium breeder reactors Downsides of breeders Much more uranium found and demand growth much lower than projections Reprocessing spent power-reactor fuel A wake-up call from India's nuclear test Plutonium fuel for light-water reactors Reprocessing for radioactive-waste management? The nightmares THE DREAM 2. The dream: a future powered by plutonium Dual-purpose reactors How plutonium is made Light-water reactors and uranium enrichment Plutonium breeder reactors THE NIGHTMARES 3. Civilian plutonium separation and nuclear-weapon proliferation Nuclear-weapon proliferation The wake-up call of Smiling Buddha The Carter administration's review of the US breeder-reactor program Electricity consumption growth slows and nuclear power stalls Fading of the breeder dream Legacies of the failed breeder-reactor dream 4. Continuation of plutonium separation without breeder reactors France: Recycling plutonium in light-water reactors United Kingdom: A reprocessing program finally winding down Japan: The only non-nuclear-armed country with a reprocessing program Russia: Continuing breeder reactor development Weapon-usability of reactor-grade plutonium The persistence of civilian reprocessing 5. A much worse accident that almost happened in Fukushima: A fire in a dense-packed spent fuel pool Concerns about fires in spent-fuel pools Land contamination by cesium-137 Regulatory considerations in the United States Potential impacts from spent-fuel-pool fires in South Korea A PATH FORWARD 6. Early dry-cask storage: A safer alternative to dense-packed pools and reprocessing Dry storage Cost advantages Safety advantages Central storage How long can dry storage endure? Transport Conclusions 7. Deep disposal of spent fuel without reprocessing Reprocessing and proliferation The modest environmental hazard from plutonium in a spent-fuel repository Can reprocessing significantly reduce the size of a radioactive-waste repository? Hazards of reprocessing Conclusions 8. The case for a ban on reprocessing A Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty Attempts to limit stocks of civilian plutonium Parallel efforts to limit HEU use A ban on plutonium separation Bibliography Index
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