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China's Current Spent Fuel Management and Future Management Scenarios

| July 2010

Abstract

China's recent nuclear energy ambitions have put it in the forefront of research and development in the nuclear industry. This paper will first discuss the status of China's current spent fuel management methods and storage capability. Second, this paper will estimate and calculate the accumulated spent fuel and required spent fuel storage up to 2040 based on three different nuclear development scenarios. Third, future spent fuel management scenarios from now to 2040 are designed and financial costs and proliferation risks are evaluated and discussed associated with each scenario. Last, policy recommendations will be provided for the future spent fuel.

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For Academic Citation: Zhou, Yun. “China's Current Spent Fuel Management and Future Management Scenarios.” Paper, July 2010. (presented at Institute for Nuclear Materials Management 51th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Md.).

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