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LAPSE:2023.32966
Benefit and Cost Ratio Analysis of Direct Disposal and Pyro-SFR Fuel Cycle Alternatives Using the Results of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Korea
Sungki Kim, Jin-Seop Kim, Dong-Keun Cho
April 20, 2023
This paper presents the results of various benefit−cost ratio (BCR) analyses of back-end nuclear fuel cycle alternatives. Korea is currently considering two alternatives for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel: direct disposal and pyroprocessing. Each of these two alternatives has advantages and disadvantages. To select one alternative, various evaluation criteria must be considered, since the superior alternative cannot be intuitively selected. A multi-criteria decision-making model can be a good methodology in this case. The analyses of benefit−cost ratios showed that the pyroprocessing alternative was more advantageous than direct disposal when using the results of the AHP and TOPSIS multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method. However, when using the results of the PROMETHEE method, the rank was reversed, and direct disposal was more advantageous than the Pyro-SFR fuel cycle. The results of BCR and MCDM can greatly contribute to establishing a nuclear policy for the back-end nuclear fuel cycle.
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benefit and cost ratio, direct disposal, economic feasibility, electricity generation cost, macroeconomic, multi-criteria decision-making, pyro-SFR (sodium-cooled fast reactor) fuel cycle, pyroprocess, welfare economics
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Kim S, Kim JS, Cho DK. Benefit and Cost Ratio Analysis of Direct Disposal and Pyro-SFR Fuel Cycle Alternatives Using the Results of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Korea. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32966
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Kim S: Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeokdaero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Korea
Kim JS: Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeokdaero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Korea
Cho DK: Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeokdaero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Korea
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Energies
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14
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12
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3509
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2021
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2021-06-13
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1996-1073
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