The RRTD 2nd International Workshop on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Nuclear Fuel Cycle from the Viewpoint of Disposal Site Utilization

 

March 24 - 25, 2003

Aomori Gennen Technology Center, Aomori, Japan

 

PROGRAM

 

Chairman: T. Tanabe (Nagoya Univ.), T. Fukasawa (Hitachi, Ltd.)

 

Monday, March 24

9:00- 9:15     Review on Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle from View of the Historical Aspect and the Social Trust Cost

                           O. Amano (Secretary General of RRTD)

 

9:15-10:15    Impacts and Capacity of A Geologic Repository

                           J. Ahn (Univ. of California, Berkeley)

 

10:15-11:15    Nuclear Fuel Cycle

                           H.F. McFarlane (ANL)

 

11:15-12:00    Long life level waste issue: the French approach

                           D. Ochem (French Embassy)

 

12:00-13:00    Lunch

 

13:00-13:45    Nuclear Education and Training in the R&D Community

                           S. Clare (BNFL)

 

13:45-14:30    Quantitative Evaluation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle with SuperSTARTM Code

                           E. Ichimura (TEPCO)

 

14:30-15:30    Coffee Break & Poster Session

 

15:30-16:15    Partitioning – Transmutation Technology: A Potential for A Future Nuclear Waste Management Option

                           S. Nakayama, Y. Morita, K. Nishihara, H. Oigawa, K. Tsujimoto,

                           H. Takano (JAERI)

 

16:15-17:00    The Study for Reduction of Waste Generated by Aqueous Reprocessing

                           H. Ojima, S. Torata, H. Kato, K. Nomura (JNC)

 

Tuesday, March 25

 9:00-10:00    The project-I Iodine Transmutation Experiments in the High Flux Reactor

                           R.P.C. Schram, K. Bakker (NRG, The Netherlands)

                           E. Ichimura, O. Amano (TEPCO)

 

10:00-12:00    Discussion, Summary and Future Plan (Panel Discussion)

 

 

 

Poster Session

 

Reduction of Repository Impact on the Environment Taking into Account Environmental Uncertainty

H. Takase (Quintessa Japan), O. Amano (TEPCO), T. Ikeda (JGC Corp.)

 

Analysis of Mass Flow and Cost for Double-Strata Fuel Cycle

K. Nishihara, H. Takano (JAERI)

 

Effects of Separation of Minor Actinides, Cesium, and Strontium on High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

K. Fujii, Y. Koma, K. Sato (JNC)

 

Possible Routes for Recovery of Some Fission Products from PUREX Process

Y. Koma, K. Sato (JNC)

 

A Study of Column Separation of Transuranic Elements

H. Hoshi, Y. Wei, M. Kumagai, H. Asakura (IRI), Y. Morita (JAERI)

 

New Reprocessing Technology, FLUOREX, for LWR Fuel Cycle –Development of Hybrid Reprocessing System-

F. Kawamura (Hitachi, Ltd.)

 

Strategy on Radioactive Wastes Management of JNFL Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant

N. Moriya (JNFL)

 

Utilization of Radioactive Wastes as an Energy Source

T. Yoshida, A. Chen, T. Tanabe, T. Sawazaki, J. Nozawa (Nagoya Univ.)