Overview

This web page is intended for the description of the nuclear fuel cycle codes that have been used in the recent activities of the Expert Group on Advanced Fuel Cycle Scenarios (EGAFCS), under the guidance of the NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC).

Publications

• The Effects of the Uncertainty of Input Parameters on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Scenario Studies. NEA/NSC/R(2016)4. March 2017.
• Transition Towards a Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycle. NEA No. 7133. OECD 2013.
• Benchmark Study on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Transition Scenarios Analysis Codes. NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)16. June 2012.

About

Under the guidance of the WPFC, the EGAFCS studies the needs associated with the transition from current to future advanced nuclear fuel cycles.

The objectives of the EGAFCS are:

• To assemble, organise and understand the scientific issues of advanced fuel cycles, in particular to support emerging nuclear fuel cycle technologies;
• To provide a framework for assessing specific national needs related to implementation of advanced fuel cycles.

These objectives are critical to implementing a sustainable nuclear energy infrastructure and their fulfilment entails:

• defining the key scientific issues by collecting and comparing information available from experts in member countries, organising the information in a systematic way and providing a deep level of understanding of each of them;
• assembling technical information on the existing and future technologies, including transmutation and storage technologies;
• developing and assessing generic scenarios that are representative of the different strategies envisaged in the member countries;
• evaluating the potential of systems beyond the current thermal and fast technologies.

For more information please contact WPFC Secretariat.