1. Global Nuclear Energy Partnership [GNEP]
Brief history of nuclear power
GEN IV reactors
Nuclear fuel cycles
GNEP concept
Activities at UIUC

2. History of Nuclear Power
1932—Chadwick discovers neutron in England.
1938—Hahn and Strassman discover fission in Germany.
1942—Fermi and colleagues construct 1st critical assembly in Chicago (CP-1).
1946—Creation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) after WWII.
1951—Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-1) in Idaho generates first
electricity from nuclear energy.
1957—First commercial light water nuclear reactor reaches full power
in Shippingport, PA.
1960s—Rapid growth of the nuclear power industry in U.S.
1977—Creation of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
1979—TMI accident.
1992—NRC licensing process streamlined.
2000—Generation IV (GEN IV) concepts formalized.
2002—Nuclear Power 2010 Program announced by DOE to stimulate nuclear industry in US; Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative established by DOE.
2006—Global Nuclear Energy Partnership announced in U.S.
2007—First applications received by NRC for new nuclear plant construction.

3. GEN III GEN III+ From the NRC Nuclear Power 2010 Program
Joint government/industry cost-shared effort.
Identify sites for new nuclear power plants.
Develop and bring to market advanced
nuclear plant technologies.
Evaluate the business case for building
new nuclear power plants.
Demonstrate untested regulatory and licensing
processes.
GEN III
GEN III+
From the NRC

4. GEN IV Roadmap From DOE via Wikipedia FBR GE Westinghouse Framatome
Russian
From DOE via Wikipedia

5. GEN IV Reactor Concepts
From DOE via Wikipedia
FAST
THERMAL

6. Nuclear Fuel Cycle The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT U3O8 UF6 LEU UOX
MOX
The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT

7. Open: Once-through cycle
U ore
Major actinides: U, Pu
Minor actinides: Np, Am, Cm, Bk, Cf
The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT

8. Closed: One recycle of Pu w/thermal only
Proliferation
Concerns
The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT

9. Closed: Recycling with thermal and fast reactors
The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT

10. Closed: recycle with breeder reactor
Duderstadt and Hamilton

11. Effect of closing
the fuel cycle
Compare
NEA News 2002, no. 20.2

12. Integrated Approach Global Partners US Industry DOE GNEP 2010 Program
NERI
GEN IV
NHI
AFCI

13. The GNEP Concept GP NE Non-proliferation Advanced Burner Reactor
GNEP Technical Development Plan, 2007

14. Original: China, France, Japan, Russia, United States.
New: Australia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Hungary, Jordan, ROK
Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine
Global Partnership
P. Lisowski, 2007

15. Closing the fuel cycle with fast reactors
P. Lisowski, 2007

16. Effect of closing the fuel cycle—resource conservation
DOE Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee, 2002

17. Effect of closing
the fuel cycle
NEA News 2002, no. 20.2

18. Effect of closing the fuel cycle—actinide burning
DOE Nuclear Energy Research
Advisory Committee, 2002
Sasahara et al., 2004
Cm-245
long-lived

19. Reduction in repository holding times
P. Lisowski, 2007

20. Activities at UIUC
DOE-funded study of UO2 thin-film matrix w/actinide surrogates.
DOE-funded study of CeO2, UO2, and CeUO2 fuel types.
DOE-funded materials testing for very high temperature gas-cooled reactors.
DOE-funded fast converter reactor analysis laboratory.
DOE-funded project to determine worldwide spent fuel estimates.
DOE-funded project to couple CINDER (burn-up) to CHAD (fluid dynamics).

21. Radioisotope contribution to spent fuel radiotoxicity
The Future of Nuclear Power, MIT