Feasibility of future prospects and transition scenarios for the French fuel cycle

C. Chabert-Koralews (1) , A. Saturnin (1) , G. Krivtchik (1) , G. Martin (1) , M. Tiphine (1) , G. Mathonniere (1) , S. Gabriel (1) , A. Allou (2) , E. Fillastre (1) , Fx. Giffard (1) , P. Sarrat (1) , Jl. Girotto (1) , H. Hancok (1) , B. Carlier (3) , G. Senentz (3) , F. Laugier (4)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
2 CEA-DEN - CEA-DEN Cadarache
3 AREVA
4 EDF R&D - EDF R&D

This paper presents the industrial feasibility analysis of scenarios involving the progressive deployment of multiple recycling of plutonium in French sodium fast reactors (SFR), in line with the French Act dated 28 June 2006 on the sustainable management of radioactive materials and waste. Four successive phases have been defined with different degrees of SFR deployment in order to understand how best to accomplish this fuel cycle transition.

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]; Physique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]

C. Chabert-Koralews, A. Saturnin, G. Krivtchik, G. Martin, M. Tiphine, et al.. Feasibility of future prospects and transition scenarios for the French fuel cycle. GLOBAL 2017 - International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, Sep 2017, Seoul, South Korea. ⟨hal-02417412⟩