UK Civil Nuclear Decommissioning, a Blueprint for Korea’s Nuclear Decommissioning Future?: Part II – UK’s Progress and Implications for Korea

The nuclear legacy that remains in the United Kingdom (UK) is complex and diverse. Consisting of legacy ponds and silos, redundant reprocessing plants, research facilities, and non-standard or one-off reactor designs, the clean-up of this legacy is under the stewardship of the Nuclear Decommissionin...

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Published inJournal of nuclear fuel cycle and waste technology (Online) Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 65 - 98
Main Authors Foster, Richard I., Park, June Kyung, Lee, Keunyoung, Seo, Bum-Kyoung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 한국방사성폐기물학회 01.03.2022
Subjects
원자력공학
Nuclear decommissioning authority
Magnox reactors
United Kingdom
Nuclear decommissioning
Sellafield
Korea
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ISSN1738-1894
2288-5471
DOI10.7733/jnfcwt.2022.006

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction 2. Sellafield Decommissioning 2.1 Current Decommissioning Progress 2.2 Sellafield Decommissioning Prospects 3. Magnox Reactor Decommissioning 3.1 Waste Inventory & Waste Management 3.2 Decommissioning Progress: Site CaseStudies 4. Other Facilities 4.1 Strategy End State 4.2 Fuel Fabrication & Uranium EnrichmentFacilities 4.3 Nuclear Energy R&D Facilities 4.4 Waste Disposal Facilities 5. UK’s Decommissioning Future– Research & Development 6. Implications for the Korean DecommissioningChallenge 6.1 Decommissioning Similarities 6.2 Decommissioning Differences 6.3 Implementation of a Strategic NuclearDecommissioning Blueprint in Korea 7. Conclusions Acknowledgements Notes REFERENCES