Small modular reactors: Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment

M. V. Ramana; Alexander Glaser; Laura Berzak Hopkins

doi:10.1115/ICONE21-16917

Small modular reactors: Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment

M. V. Ramana, Alexander Glaser, Laura Berzak Hopkins

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Abstract

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) with power levels of below 300 MW(e) appear to have several favorable characteristics and their deployment might help bring about a big change in how nuclear power fares in the future. Numerous SMR designs with distinct characteristics are under development in several countries. To capture the impacts of these different designs, we have developed notional models for two leading SMR types and performed neutronics calculations on these to estimate uranium resource requirements. These are then used to explore the resulting waste generation and potential proliferation risks.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Plant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Print)	9780791855799
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE21-16917
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2013 - Chengdu, China Duration: Jul 29 2013 → Aug 2 2013

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2013
Country/Territory	China
City	Chengdu
Period	7/29/13 → 8/2/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Keywords

Neutronic models
Proliferation risk
SMR
Small modular reactors
Uranium requirements

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Ramana, M. V., Glaser, A., & Hopkins, L. B. (2013). Small modular reactors: Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment. In Plant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; Vol. 2). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE21-16917

Ramana, M. V. ; Glaser, Alexander ; Hopkins, Laura Berzak. / Small modular reactors : Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment. Plant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE).

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Small modular reactors: Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment. / Ramana, M. V.; Glaser, Alexander; Hopkins, Laura Berzak.
Plant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; Vol. 2).

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Ramana MV, Glaser A, Hopkins LB. Small modular reactors: Uranium resource requirements, waste generation and proliferation risk assessment. In Plant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2013. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE). doi: 10.1115/ICONE21-16917

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