INPRO Methodology for Sustainability Assessment of Nuclear Energy Systems: Safety of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

INPRO Manual

IAEA-TECDOC-1903

English IAEA-TECDOC-1903 | 978-92-0-102920-1

168 pages | 8 figures | € 18.00 | Date published: 2020

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This publication provides guidance for assessing the sustainability of a nuclear energy system (NES) in the area of nuclear fuel cycle facility (NFCF) safety. It deals with NFCFs that may be potentially involved in the NES such as, mining, milling, refining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, and spent fuel reprocessing facilities. It augments the information presented in the earlier INPRO publications on the methodology for sustainability assessments. The publication is intended for use by organizations involved in the development and deployment of a NES, including planning, design, modification and technical support for NFCFs.

INPRO is an international project to help ensure that nuclear energy is available to contribute in a sustainable manner to meeting the energy needs of the 21st century.

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International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles, INPRO, Manual, Sustainability, International Nuclear Energy Assessments, NESAs, Sustainable Development, Sustainability Assessment, Methodology, Nuclear Energy System, NES, Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, Safety Fundamentals, Reactor Safety, User Requirements, Criterion, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities, NFCF, NFCF Safety, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Design Basis Accident, DBA, Severe Plant Conditions, Emergency Preparedness, Research Development Demonstration, RD&D, Safety Features, Monitoring Systems, Accident Management, Human Factor Consideration, Uranium, Thorium, Mining and Milling, Refining, Conversion, Enrichment, Reprocessing Spent Fuel