Ponente
Francisco Alvarez Velarde
(CIEMAT)
Descripción
The seminar will cover the following topics:
- What is a nuclear fuel cycle?
- Types of fuel cycles.
- Nuclear fuel cycle calculations: variables (burnup, power history, fuel composition, inventory, decay heat…) and associated uncertainties.
- Propagation of uncertainties along the fuel cycle.
- Impact of nuclear data and uncertainties in the fuel cycle assessment.
- Nuclear fuel cycle optimization.
