3. Development paths
They point in two directions:
short- and medium-term search for a more economical use of MOX ;
investigations to identify ways of using plutonium on a larger scale, possibly in combination with minor actinide recycling.
3.1 Improving current management
Lowering the cost price per kilowatt-hour, a constant concern for electricity producers, means seeking to reduce the share of fuel (cycle cost) in this price.
Under current "hybrid" management, UO 2 assemblies remain in the reactor for four campaigns, while MOX assemblies are discharged after three. This deficit of around 15% in the burnup rate of...
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