Towards Safeguarding the Fast Breeder Reactor Fuel Cycle

摘要

With increasing international interest in closed fuel cycles, it is highly probable that the technology for a closed fuel cycle will spread as the demand for it increases. The objective of this report is to analyze a closed fuel cycle portion in equilibrium, determine the facility most sensitive to diversion, and develop a safeguards approach for said facility. Particular attention will be paid to instrumentation as a method of reducing the uncertainties associated with safeguards measurements. Future reports should develop approaches for other facilities, to assist in developing effective and economical methods of enacting safeguards.