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Studying Mitochondrial Structure and Function in Drosophila Ovaries
Published on: January 4, 2017
まとめ
先進的なコンバーター炉は,拡散に抵抗する核燃料戦略を提供します. これらの原子炉は,ウランの効率を向上させ,新鮮な燃料に武器に使用可能な材料を必要とせずに,育種炉と経済的に競合する可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 原子力工学は,原子力工学である.
- エネルギー政策 エネルギー政策
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
背景:
- 増殖炉の燃料サイクルにおけるプルトニウムの保護は,重大な課題を提示しています.
- 現在の原子炉の設計では,拡散を防ぐために,核物質の慎重な管理が必要である.
- これらのセキュリティと資源の懸念に対処するために,高度な原子炉のコンセプトが調査されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 新鮮な原子炉燃料の武器に使用可能な物質を避ける核燃料戦略の資源と経済的影響を評価する.
- 核拡散抵抗性,一回通りの燃料サイクルで動作する先進コンバーター炉の生存可能性を評価する.
- 増殖炉と比較した先進コンバーター炉の経済的競争力を決定する.
主な方法:
- 一回通りの燃料サイクルによる先進コンバーター炉の資源利用の分析.
- 経済モデリングにより,高度なコンバーター炉を,異なるウラン価格下でブリーダー炉と比較する.
- 劣化ウランのリサイクルを探索し,ウランの需要をさらに削減する.
主要な成果:
- 先進的なコンバーター型原子炉は,現在のシステムと比較して,燃料サイクルを1回繰り返すことで,ウランの効率が著しく改善されたことを示しています.
- これらの原子炉は,かなり高いウラン価格であっても,ブリーダー原子炉との経済的な競争力を維持することができます.
- 同位体変性ウランのリサイクルにより,ウランの需要がさらに減少し,閉じた燃料循環のコミットメントを数十年にわたって延期することができます.
結論:
- 増殖耐性燃料サイクルで高度なコンバーター炉を使用する戦略は,ブリーダー炉の実行可能な代替案です.
- このアプローチは,核兵器に使用可能な材料の保護に関する懸念を緩和します.
- 長期的な経済競争力と資源の持続可能性は,閉鎖的な燃料サイクルに直接依存することなく達成できます.
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