An approach for evaluation of the spent nuclear fuel management strategy for Brazilian nuclear power plants based on Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methodology

Selecting the best strategy for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SF) and High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) strategy is a worldwide challenge. The available strategies will require significant government investments to become true and its construction may even take decades. On the other hand, they will ensure a...

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Published in:	Nuclear engineering and design Vol. 424; p. 113186
Main Authors:	Estanqueira Pinho, Bruno, de Jesús Rivero Oliva, José, Maia, Yran Leite
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01-08-2024
Subjects:	Analytical Hierarchy Process High-Level Radioactive Waste Multi-Criteria Decision-Making evaluation Nuclear Fuel Cycle Infrastructure Evaluation Open and Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle SF Management and Strategy evaluation SF Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel (SF) Open and Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle SF Management and Strategy evaluation Spent Nuclear Fuel (SF) Multi-Criteria Decision-Making evaluation SF Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel Cycle Infrastructure Evaluation Analytical Hierarchy Process High-Level Radioactive Waste
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Summary:	Selecting the best strategy for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SF) and High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) strategy is a worldwide challenge. The available strategies will require significant government investments to become true and its construction may even take decades. On the other hand, they will ensure a safe disposal of these materials and, eventually, allow the reuse of the huge amount of energy within the SF. As Brazil has no defined strategy for its SF and HLW, an in deep analysis of the available SF and RW management strategies becomes paramount. The paper addresses: 1 - the available SF and HLW management strategies that are compliant to the Brazilian legal and regulatory framework; 2 - the SF and HLW strategies description; 3 - proposes a unprecedented multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) approach to evaluate the possible strategies including criteria and sub-criteria definition, based on nuclear experts and stakeholders evaluation, all focused on the Brazilian case. This approach is based on the application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).
ISSN:	0029-5493 1872-759X
DOI:	10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113186