[2M13-17] Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Radioactive Toxic Reduction

[2M15] Concept of a nuclear fuel cycle using an environmental load-reducing light-water reactor

(1)Outline of the Studies and the Results

*Kouji Hiraiwa¹, Kenichi Yoshioka¹, Shungo Sakurai¹, Rei Kimura¹, Satoshi Wada¹, Tsukasa Sugita¹, Haruka Kajiwara¹, Takanori Kitada², Satoshi Takeda², Satoshi Chiba³ (1. Toshiba Corporation, 2. Osaka University, 3. Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Keywords:Environmental Load , Light Water Reactor, Radioactive Toxicity, Vitrified Radioactive Waste, Fission Yield, Minor Actinide, Fuel Cycle Cost, Plutonium, Reprocessing

We started a research on "Nuclear Fuel Cycle concept building using an environmental load reduction light-water nuclear reactor" as a commissioned research by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for four years. In the nuclear fuel cycle in which a light water reactor and a fast reactor coexist, the concept of suppressing the radioactive toxicity etc. of the nuclear fuel cycle by suppressing the generation of radioactive toxicity, vitrified radioactive waste and plutonium from the light water reactor side are researched.