Sustainability Features of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options

The nuclear fuel cycle is the series of stages that nuclear fuel materials go through in a cradle to grave framework. The Once Through Cycle (OTC) is the current fuel cycle implemented in the United States; in which an appropriate form of the fuel is irradiated through a nuclear reactor only once be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Passerini, Stefano, Kazimi, Mujid S
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MDPI AG 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88115