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Improving The Assessment Of The Proliferation Risk Of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
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Book Synopsis Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles by : National Research Council
Download or read book Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weapons-and therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to proliferation for a non-nuclear weapon state. There is a tension between the development of future nuclear fuel cycles and managing the risk of proliferation as the number of existing and future nuclear energy systems expands throughout the world. As the Department of Energy (DOE) and other parts of the government make decisions about future nuclear fuel cycles, DOE would like to improve proliferation assessments to better inform those decisions. Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles considers how the current methods of quantification of proliferation risk are being used and implemented, how other approaches to risk assessment can contribute to improving the utility of assessments for policy and decision makers. The study also seeks to understand the extent to which technical analysis of proliferation risk could be improved for policy makers through research and development.
Book Synopsis Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles by : National Research Council
Download or read book Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worldwide expansion of nuclear energy has been accompanied by concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. If sited in states that do not possess nuclear weapons technology, some civilian nuclear technologies could provide a route for states or other organizations to acquire nuclear weapons. Metrics for assessing the resistance of a nuclear technology to diversion for non-peaceful uses-proliferation resistance-have been developed, but at present there is no clear consensus on whether and how these metrics are useful to policy decision makers. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy asked the National Academies to convene a public workshop addressing the capability of current and potential methodologies for assessing host state proliferation risk and resistance to meet the needs of decision makers. Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles is a summary of presentations and discussions that transpired at the workshop-held on August 1-2, 2011-prepared by a designated rapporteur following the workshop. It does not provide findings and recommendations or represent a consensus reached by the symposium participants or the workshop planning committee. However, several themes emerged through the workshop: nonproliferation and new technologies, separate policy and technical cultures, value of proliferation resistance analysis, usefulness of social science approaches. The workshop was organized as part of a larger project undertaken by the NRC, the next phase of which (following the workshop) will be a consensus study on improving the assessment of proliferation risks associated with nuclear fuel cycles. This study will culminate in a report prepared by a committee of experts with expertise in risk assessment and communication, proliferation metrics and research, nuclear fuel cycle facility design and engineering, international nuclear nonproliferation and national security policy, and nuclear weapons design. This report is planned for completion in the spring of 2013.
Author :United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :592 pages Book Rating :4.A/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power by : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More demand for electricity and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions have increased interest in nuclear power, which does not rely on fossil fuels. However, concerns remain about the radioactive spent fuel that nuclear reactors generate. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a research and development (R&D) plan to select nuclear fuel cycles and technologies, some of which reprocess spent fuel and recycle some nuclear material, such as plutonium. These fuel cycles may help reduce the generation of spent fuel and risks of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. GAO was asked to review (1) DOE's approach to selecting nuclear fuel cycles and technologies, (2) DOE's efforts to reduce proliferation and terrorism risks, and (3) selected countries' experiences in reprocessing and recycling spent fuel. GAO reviewed DOE's plan and met with officials from DOE, the nuclear industry, and France and the United Kingdom. "
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power by : United States. Department of Energy
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power written by United States. Department of Energy and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More demand for electricity and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions have increased interest in nuclear power, which does not rely on fossil fuels. However, concerns remain about the radioactive spent fuel that nuclear reactors generate. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a research and development (R & D) plan to select nuclear fuel cycles and technologies, some of which reprocess spent fuel and recycle some nuclear material, such as plutonium. These fuel cycles may help reduce the generation of spent fuel and risks of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. GAO was asked to review (1) DOE's approach to selecting nuclear fuel cycles and technologies, (2) DOE's efforts to reduce proliferation and terrorism risks, and (3) selected countries' experiences in reprocessing and recycling spent fuel. GAO reviewed DOE's plan and met with officials from DOE, the nuclear industry, and France and the United Kingdom. GAO recommends that DOE revise its plan to include the current readiness levels of fuel cycle technologies and the estimated time and cost to develop them, include a strategy for long-term collaboration with the nuclear industry, and specify how DOE will use international agreements to advance its efforts. GAO also recommends that DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) complete a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to avoid duplication and overlap of efforts. DOE agreed with the first three recommendations and did not rule out the future use of a MOU. GAO continues to believe that this formal collaboration mechanism is needed.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power by :
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles by : National Research Council
Download or read book Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weapons-and therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to proliferation for a non-nuclear weapon state. There is a tension between the development of future nuclear fuel cycles and managing the risk of proliferation as the number of existing and future nuclear energy systems expands throughout the world. As the Department of Energy (DOE) and other parts of the government make decisions about future nuclear fuel cycles, DOE would like to improve proliferation assessments to better inform those decisions. Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles considers how the current methods of quantification of proliferation risk are being used and implemented, how other approaches to risk assessment can contribute to improving the utility of assessments for policy and decision makers. The study also seeks to understand the extent to which technical analysis of proliferation risk could be improved for policy makers through research and development.
Book Synopsis INFCE Summary Volume by : International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
Download or read book INFCE Summary Volume written by International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of working group 1 : fuel and heavy water availability -- Summary of working group 2 : enrichment availability -- Summary of working group 3 : assurances of long-term supply of technology, fuel and heavy water and services in the interest of national needs consistent with non-proliferation -- Summary of working group 4 : reprocessing, plutonium handling, recycle -- Summary of working group 5 : fast breeders -- Summary of working group 6 : spent fuel management -- Summary of working group 7 : waste management and disposal -- Summary of working group 8 : advanced fuel cycle and reactor concepts -- Final communiqué of the organizing conference of the international nuclear fuel cycle evaluation -- Technical and economic scope and methods of work -- Press communiqué of the first INFCE plenary conference -- List of actions and decisions taken by the first INFCE plenary conference -- List of participants in the first INFCE plenary conference -- Communiqué of the final INFCE plenary conference -- List of participants in the final INFCE plenary conference -- List of participants in the technical co-ordinating committee -- Primer on the nuclear fuel cycle -- INFCE documentation.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power. Report of the Nonproliferation Alternative Systems Assessment Program. Volume V. Economics and Systems Analysis by :
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power. Report of the Nonproliferation Alternative Systems Assessment Program. Volume V. Economics and Systems Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This NASAP assessment considers the economics of alternative nuclear reactor and fuel-cycle systems in the light of possible patterns of uranium supply and energy demand, as well as the economic implications of improvng the proliferation resistance of the various systems. The assessment focuses on the costs of alternative nuclear technologies and the possible timing of their implementation, based on their economic attractiveness.
Book Synopsis Suggested Non-proliferation Criteria for Commercial Nuclear Fuel Cycles by :
Download or read book Suggested Non-proliferation Criteria for Commercial Nuclear Fuel Cycles written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Administration's policy to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation through diversion of fuel from commercial reactor fuel cycles, a ''benchmark'' set of nonproliferation criteria was prepared for the commercial nuclear fuel cycle. These criteria should eliminate incremental risks of proliferation beyond those inherent in the present generation of low-enriched-uranium-fueled reactors operating in a once-through mode, with internationally safeguarded storage of spent fuel. They focus on the balanced application of technical constraints consistent with the state of the technology, with minimal requirements for institutional constraints, to provide a basis for assessing the proliferation resistance of proposed fission power systems. The paper contains: (1) our perception of the nuclear energy policy and of the baseline proliferation risk accepted under this policy; (2) objectives for a reactor and fuel cycle strategy which address the technical, political, and institutional aspects of diversion and proliferation and, at the same time, satisfy the Nation's needs for efficient, timely, and economical utilization of nuclear fuel resources; (3) criteria which are responsive to these objectives and can therefore be used to screen proposed reactor and fuel cycle strategies; and (4) a rationale for these criteria.
Author :United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :212 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power: Proliferation resistance by : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Civilian Nuclear Power: Proliferation resistance written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards by :
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets by : National Research Council
Download or read book Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 2010, the Office of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion (ICF) concepts, acknowledging that a key test of viability for this concept-ignition -could be demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the relatively near term. The committee was asked to provide an unclassified report. However, DOE indicated that to fully assess this topic, the committee's deliberations would have to be informed by the results of some classified experiments and information, particularly in the area of ICF targets and nonproliferation. Thus, the Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets ("the panel") was assembled, composed of experts able to access the needed information. The panel was charged with advising the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems on these issues, both by internal discussion and by this unclassified report. A Panel on Fusion Target Physics ("the panel") will serve as a technical resource to the Committee on Inertial Confinement Energy Systems ("the Committee") and will prepare a report that describes the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets, on the basis of parameters established and provided to the Panel by the Committee. The Panel on Fusion Target Physics will prepare a report that will assess the current performance of fusion targets associated with various ICF concepts in order to understand: 1. The spectrum output; 2. The illumination geometry; 3. The high-gain geometry; and 4. The robustness of the target design. The panel addressed the potential impacts of the use and development of current concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons information and technology, as appropriate. The Panel examined technology options, but does not provide recommendations specific to any currently operating or proposed ICF facility.
Book Synopsis Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle by : Russian Academy of Sciences
Download or read book Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle written by Russian Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation considerations are not being given sufficient attention. In particular, since introduction of many new power reactors will lead to requiring increased uranium enrichment services to provide the reactor fuel, the proliferation risk of adding enrichment facilities in countries that do not have them now led to proposals to provide the needed fuel without requiring indigenous enrichment facilities. Similar concerns exist for reprocessing facilities. Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle summarizes key issues and analyses of the topic, offers some criteria for evaluating options, and makes findings and recommendations to help the United States, the Russian Federation, and the international community reduce proliferation and other risks, as nuclear power is used more widely. This book is intended for all those who are concerned about the need for assuring fuel for new reactors and at the same time limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. This audience includes the United States and Russia, other nations that currently supply nuclear material and technology, many other countries contemplating starting or growing nuclear power programs, and the international organizations that support the safe, secure functioning of the international nuclear fuel cycle, most prominently the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Progress in U.S. and International Nonproliferation Efforts by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs
Download or read book Progress in U.S. and International Nonproliferation Efforts written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Energy Basic Principles by : International Atomic Energy Agency
Download or read book Nuclear Energy Basic Principles written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the rationale and vision for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The publication identifies the basic principles that nuclear energy systems must satisfy to fulfil their promise of meeting growing global energy demands.
