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THE STATUS AND PROSPECT OF DUPIC FUEL TECHNOLOGY  

Yang Myung-Seung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi Hang-Bok (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jeong Chang-Joon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Song Kee-Chan (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee Jung-Won (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park Geun-Il (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim Ho-Dong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Ko Won-Il (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park Jang-Jin (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim Ki-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee Ho-Hee (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park Joo-Hwan (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.38, no.4, 2006 , pp. 359-374 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since 1991, Korea, Canada and United States have performed the direct use of spent pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel in the Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactors (DUPIC) fuel development project. Unlike the Tandem fuel cycle, which requires a wet reprocessing, the DUPIC fuel technology can directly refabricate CANDU fuels from the PWR spent fuel and, therefore, is recognized as a highly proliferation-resistant fuel cycle technology, which can be adopted even in non-proliferation treaty countries. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has fabricated DUPIC fuel elements in a laboratory-scale remote fuel fabrication facility. KAERI has demonstrated the fuel performance in the research reactor, and has confirmed the operational feasibility and safety of a CANDU reactor loaded with the DUPIC fuel using conventional design and analysis tools, which will be the foundation of the future practical and commercial uses of DUPIC fuel.
Keywords
DUPIC; Proliferation-Resistance; OREOX; Compatibility; Economics; Safeguards;
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