STUDY ON PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION AS A POSSIBLE OPTION FOR SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT WITHIN A NUCLEAR PHASE-OUT SCENARIO

摘要

Most Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) studies implicitly presuppose the continuous use of nuclear energy. In this case the development of new facilities or the modification of the fuel cycle can be justified in the long-term as an important feature in order to improve sustainability by minimizing radioactive waste and reducing the burden at waste disposal. In the case of a country with nuclear energy phase-out policy, the P&T option might have also an important role for what concerns the final disposal strategies of the spent fuel. In this work three selected scenarios are analyzed in order to assess the impact of P&T implementation in a nuclear energy phase out option.