Comparison of the Environmental Balances of Different Nuclear Power Cycles
The French National Plan for the Management of Radioactive Materials and Waste (PNGMDR) 2022-2026 asks CEA and the industrialists to assess the environmental impacts of different spent fuel reprocessing options for evolving nuclear reactor fleets.Within the new starting fleet, comprising 1650 MW EPR2 reactors, three options have been considered.A life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been performed through a model using GaBi software, enabling to determine the most impacting factors along the different stages of the nuclear cycles.
Authors
- Alison Meteyer
- Frédéric Laugier
- Frédéric BRUN
- Louis DONNET
- Didier HARTMANN
- Denis Le BOULCH
Institutions
- National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy (CN)
- Électricité de France (France) (FR)
- Orano (France) (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.8.40
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00