Economic Viability of Metallic Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel in Korea

Table 1

Design standard of SFR fuel cycle facilities.

Capacity
Annual SFR SF	32.94 tHM/yr (9.12 tTRU/yr); SF of SFR 6 unit (600 MWe per unit)
Manufacturing of; SFR new fuel	HM: 38.62 tHM/yr, TRU: 11.4 tTRU/yr, annual manufacturing of fuel rod: 327,139/yr, annual fuel assemblies: 1,207/yr
Plant function	Head-end process, pyroprocess, manufacturing of SFR nuclear fuel
Annual load factor	55%, 200 day/year
Design lifetime	60 year
Input material	U/TRU/RE metal ingot, SFR spent fuel
Output material	initial and make-up SFR new fuel, waste (ceramic, metal)
Fuel composition
Fuel composition	U-20.6 wt.%, TRU-10 wt.%
MA composition	<5 wt.%
RE composition	<5 wt.%
Injection	Sodium