Systems Analyses of Alternative Technologies for the Recovery of Seawater Uranium

• 발행기관: 한국방사성폐기물학회
• 저자명: Margaret Flicker Byers Erich Schneider Sheldon Landsberger
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology (JNFCWT)』Vol.16 No.3, 369~376쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 공학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.09.30

국문 초록

The ability to recover the nearly limitless supply of uranium contained within the world’s oceans would provide supply security to uranium based fuel cycles. Therefore, in addition to U.S. national laboratories conducting R&D on a system capable of harvesting seawater uranium, a number of collaborative university partners have developed alternative technologies to complement the national laboratory scheme. This works summarizes the systems analysis of such novel uranium recovery technologies along with their potential impacts on seawater uranium recovery. While implementation of some recent developments can reduce the cost of seawater uranium by up to 30%, other researchers have sought to address a weakness while maintaining cost competitiveness.

키워드

Seawater uranium Front end nuclear fuel cycle Actinide chemistry Systems analyses