Trends towards sustainability in the nuclear fuel cycle
Series: Nuclear development; Nuclear development
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9789264168107
Subjects: Nuclear fuels; Nuclear energy
Notes: "NEA No. 6980."--t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: -1.1. Introduction; title: 1.2. Summary of the previous report; title: 1.3. International initiatives with a focus on sustainability; title: 1.4. Sustainability elements for the nuclear fuel cycle; title: 2. The nuclear fuel cycle in perspective; title: -2.1. Introduction; title: 2.2. World energy and electricity demand; title: 2.3. The benefits of nuclear power; title: 2.4. The challenges to nuclear power expansion; title: 2.5. The nuclear fuel cycle: an overview; title: 2.6. The nuclear fuel cycle: front end; title: 2.7. The nuclear fuel cycle: irradiation stage – reactor operations; title: 2.8. The nuclear fuel cycle: back end; title: 2.9. The nuclear fuel cycle: future developments; title: 3. Technical progress; title: -3.1. Introduction; title: 3.2. Evolution trends in the current fuel cycle; title: 3.3. The longer-term future, options and R&D trends; title: 4. Progress towards sustainability: technology, policy and international trends; title: -4.1. Sustainability of trends in nuclear fuel cycles; title: 4.2. Trends in countries and global efforts for nuclear fuel cycle developments; title: 4.3. Comments on policies; title: 5. Conclusions and recommendations; title: -5.1. Evolutionary trends; title: 5.2. Advanced fuel cycles; title: Annex 1: List of experts; title: Annex 2: Acronyms