Feasibility Studies on Pyro-SFR Closed Fuel Cycle and Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Line with the Latest National Policy and Strategy of Korea

Table 2

Assumed strategic scenarios for transmutation of TRUs in SNF.

Case	Scenario	Direct disposal/recycle	Design lifetime		SFR’s CR
			NPPs (PWRs and PHWRs)	SFR
I	SC-1	Direct disposal	Design lifetime	N/A	N/A
	SC-2	Direct disposal	+20 y	N/A	N/A
II	SC-3	Recycle	Design lifetime	Design lifetime	0.46
	SC-4	Recycle	Design lifetime	Design lifetime	0.6
III	SC-5	Recycle	+20 y	Design lifetime	0.46
	SC-6	Recycle	+20 y	Design lifetime	0.6
IV	SC-7	Recycle	+20 y	+20 y	0.46
	SC-8	Recycle	+20 y	+20 y	0.6

SC: scenario; CR: conversion ratio; N/A: not applicable.