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Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE ANALYSIS TOOL: A FUTURE CODE

  • Kim, S.K. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Ko, W.I. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Yoon Hee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering)
  • Received : 2012.11.13
  • Accepted : 2013.04.24
  • Published : 2013.10.25
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Abstract

This paper presents the development and validation methods of the FUTURE (FUel cycle analysis Tool for nUcleaR Energy) code, which was developed for a dynamic material flow evaluation and economic analysis of the nuclear fuel cycle. This code enables an evaluation of a nuclear material flow and its economy for diverse nuclear fuel cycles based on a predictable scenario. The most notable virtue of this FUTURE code, which was developed using C# and MICROSOFT SQL DBMS, is that a program user can design a nuclear fuel cycle process easily using a standard process on the canvas screen through a drag-and-drop method. From the user's point of view, this code is very easy to use thanks to its high flexibility. In addition, the new code also enables the maintenance of data integrity by constructing a database environment of the results of the nuclear fuel cycle analyses.

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