US EPA

1439168 

Journal Article 

Possibility of long-term nuclear power development based on today's technology 

Abagyan, AA; Seleznev, EF; Ivanov, VB 

2004 

Yes 

Atomic Energy
ISSN: 1063-4258
EISSN: 1573-8205 

97 

4 

678-684 

WOS:000227894400002 

The possibility of long-term nuclear power development with
a uranium fuel cycle based on U-238 burnup and today's industrial technology is investigated. It
is shown that such development is possible with fast reactors, including with sodium coolant. In
this case, incomplete fuel reprocessing is admissable in a closed fuel cycle employing a
pyroelectrochemical technology, which allows some fission products and actinides to be present in
the fresh fuel prepared for reloading after reprocessing. These fission products and actinides
can be burned in a reactor, thereby decreasing the quantity of radioactive wastes compared with
the complete reprocessing with chemical separation of the fuel elements and decreasing the
radiation load on the environment.