Nuclear Science and Nuclear Development 2012 Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation Eleventh Information Exchange Meeting San Francisco, California, USA 1-4 November 2010 NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY Nuclear Science and ISBN 978-92-64-99174-3 Nuclear Development Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation Eleventh Information Exchange Meeting San Francisco, California, USA 1-4 November 2010 © OECD 2012 NEA No. 6996 NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 34 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. 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Requests for permission to photocopy portions of this material for public or commercial use shall be addressed directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) at [email protected] or the Centre français d'exploitation du droit de copie (CFC) [email protected]. FOREWORD Foreword Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the key technologies for reducing the radiotoxicity and volume of radioactive waste arisings. Recent developments indicate the need for embedding P&T strategies in advanced fuel cycles considering both waste management and economic issues. In order to provide experts a forum to present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the P&T field, the OECD/NEA has been organising biennial information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation since 1990. The previous meetings were held in Mito (Japan) in 1990, at Argonne (United States) in 1992, in Cadarache (France) in 1994, in Mito (Japan) in 1996, in Mol (Belgium) in 1998, in Madrid (Spain) in 2000, in Jeju (Korea) in 2002, in Las Vegas (United States) in 2004, in Nîmes (France) in 2006 and in Mito (Japan) in 2008. They have often been co-sponsored by the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The 11th Information Exchange Meeting was held in San Francisco, California, United States on 1-4 November 2010, comprising a plenary session on national P&T programmes and six technical sessions covering various fields of P&T. The meeting was hosted by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), United States. The information exchange meetings on P&T form an integral part of NEA activities on advanced nuclear fuel cycles. An overview of NEA activities on P&T and relevant publications are available at www.oecd-nea.org/pt/. These proceedings include all the papers presented at the 11th Information Exchange Meeting. The opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NEA or its member countries. ACTINIDE AND FISSION PRODUCT PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION, ISBN 978-92-64-99174-3, © OECD 2012 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) gratefully acknowledges the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for hosting the 11th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation. It also extends its gratitude to the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for their co-operation. 4 ACTINIDE AND FISSION PRODUCT PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION, ISBN 978-92-64-99174-3, © OECD 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 9 Opening ................................................................................................................................................... 17 K. McCarthy INL welcome address ...................................................................................................... 19 Th. Dujardin OECD/NEA welcome address ......................................................................................... 21 Plenary Session: National Programmes on P&T .............................................................................. 23 Chairs: Th. Dujardin, K. McCarthy Th. Dujardin, Y-J. Choi OECD/NEA activities related to partitioning and transmutation ............................. 25 A. Stanculescu (on behalf of all CRP participants) The IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on “Analytical and Experimental Benchmark Analyses of Accelerator-driven Systems”* .................. 31 G. Van Goethem EURATOM research and training programme for partitioning and transmutation .. 33 C. “Buzz” Savage United States programme on partitioning and transmutation* .............................. 39 B. Boullis, D. Warin Future nuclear systems: Fuel cycle options and guidelines for research* ............ 41 T. Mizuno Minor-actinide-bearing fuel study activities in Japan for homogeneous TRU recycling fast reactor system ................................................................................. 43 K-C. Song, J-G. Kim Perspectives of pyroprocesses for long-term spent fuel management in Korea . 53 Session I Fuel Cycle Strategies and Transition Scenarios ......................................................... 59 Chairs: T. Mizuno, B. Dixon L. Boucher, F. Alvarez Velarde, E. Gonzalez, B.W. Dixon, G. Edwards, G. Dick, K. Ono International comparison for transition scenario codes involving COSI, DESAE, EVOLCODE, FAMILY and VISION ..................................................................... 61 N. Camarcat, C. Garzenne, J. Le Mer, H. Leroyer, E. Desroches, J-M. Delbecq Industrial research for transmutation scenarios ....................................................... 73 B. Petrovic, M. Carelli, F. Franceschini, Ed Lahoda Requirements-driven comprehensive approach to fuel cycle back-end optimisation .....................................................................................................................