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Environment Institute Where ideas grow

a tomexpo 2013 forum: “Nuclear energy and public acceptance”, Saint Petersburg, 28 June 2013 Plentiful Energy – k ey advantages of the I ntegral F ast Reactor (IFR). Environment Institute Where ideas grow. Prof. Barry W. Brook Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change

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Environment Institute Where ideas grow

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  1. atomexpo 2013 forum: “Nuclear energy and public acceptance”, Saint Petersburg, 28 June 2013 Plentiful Energy – key advantages of the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) Environment Institute Where ideas grow Prof. Barry W. Brook Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change barry.brook@adelaide.edu.au http://bravenewclimate.com

  2. “Technological fixes have unforeseen and deleterious side effects – but so do social fixes, especially revolutions” Weinberg, A.M. (1980) Technological optimism. Society 17, 17–18.

  3. Cheap, large-scale energy storage 3G Biodiesel Wave Wind Solar CP Coal CCS Gen IV nuclear Gen III+ nuclear HDR Geothermal

  4. Annual Mass Flow for LWR 100 tons 85 tons Depleted Uranium Uranium Ore Enrichment 15 tons 1000 MWe LWR Used Uranium Reserve 13.85 tons U 0.13 tons Pu 13.85 tons Uranium 1.00 tons Fission Products 0.13 tons Plutonium 0.02 tons Minor Actinides 1.00 tons F.P. 0.02 tons M.A. Reprocessing Disposal (100,000 years) Disposal (100,000 years) Spent Fuel European recycle - Saves 15% uranium - But no reduction in waste life Direct disposal is the current U.S. policy

  5. Unlocking ALL of uranium’s potential

  6. What is Integral Fast Reactor (IFR)?

  7. Schematic flow sheet of electro-refining based spent fuel treatment

  8. Relative radiological toxicity of spent fuel constituents

  9. Comparison of IFR with Conventional SFR

  10. Realistic low-carbon 2060 energy mix? 50-fold increase 15-fold increase

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