Fuel cycle modelling of open cycle thorium-fuelled nuclear energy systems
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1458113
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.anucene.2014.01.042
- Title of journal
- Annals of Nuclear Energy
- Article number
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- First page
- 314
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0306-4549
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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11
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Without care, the world’s conventional uranium ores will be exhausted in the next century, so it is important to extend the resource base of nuclear fuel. This paper reports an assessment of the performance of three thorium–uranium-fuelled nuclear energy systems compared with that of a uranium-only system. The performance of the thorium fuels was less efficient, with higher fuel costs linking to higher electricity prices. The result is significant because it shows that this pathway is not an economic means to reduce once-through uranium requirements. The work was made possible through the intergovernmental Indo-UK Civil Nuclear Research Partnership.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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