Nuclear fuel cycle objectives

Establishes the criteria that need to be fulfilled in the area of the nuclear fuel cycles in order to satisfy the Nuclear Energy Basic Principles for resources, fuel engineering and performance, spent fuel management and reprocessing, and research reactor nuclear fuel cycles.

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The IAEA's Nuclear Energy Basic Principles publication presents the basic principles on which nuclear energy systems should be based, to fulfil nuclear energy's potential to help meet growing global energy needs. This publication establishes the five sets of criteria - known collectively as the 'nuclear fuel cycle objectives' - that need to be fulfilled in order to satisfy the Nuclear Energy Basic Principles in the area of the nuclear fuel cycle. It covers the following topics: resources; fuel engineering and performance; spent fuel management and reprocessing; fuel cycles; and the nuclear fuel cycle of research reactors.