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ECONOMIC VIABILITY TO BeO-UO2 FUEL BURNUP EXTENSION

  • Kim, S.K. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Ko, W.I. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, H.D. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Chung, Yang-Hon (Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Bang, Sung-Sig (Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Revankar, Shripad T. (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University)
  • Received : 2010.08.05
  • Accepted : 2010.12.09
  • Published : 2011.04.25
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Abstract

This paper presents the quantitative analysis results of research on the burnup effect on the nuclear fuel cycle cost of BeO-$UO_2$ fuel. As a result of this analysis, if the burnup is 60 MWD/kg, which is the limit under South Korean regulations, the nuclear fuel cycle cost is 4.47 mills/kWh at 4.8wt% of Be content for the BeO-$UO_2$ fuel. It is, however, reduced to 3.70 mills/kWh at 5.4wt% of Be content if the burnup is 75MWD/kg. Therefore, it seems very advantageous, in terms of the economic aspect, to develop BeO-$UO_2$ fuel, which does not have any technical problem with its safety and is a high burnup & long life cycle nuclear fuel.

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