Rhys's ANS Student Conference Abstract

In this folder, we will outline and write Rhys's abstract for the student conference.

Steps:

• Read papers about your topic and take notes.
• Write the background section based on your notes.
• Decide the question based on what is absent from the literature.
• Outline the parts of the simulation and what metrics you'll use.
• Write the introduction based on the plan.
• Detail what information you need for the simulation.
• Build/run the simulations.
• Analyze the metrics outlined before.
• Write Results.
• Write Conclusions.
• Write Abstract.

Potential Questions

1. What are the economic benefits of reprocessing HALEU vs LEU?
2. How is proliferation risk changed when reprocessing HALEU vs LEU?
3. When reprocessing metal vs oxide fuel,what are the different methods that would need to be employed for HALEU?

Final Question

What is the proliferation risk of reprocessing HALEU and how does it compare to the risk for LEU?

Cocktail Hour Summary

Reprocessing fuel saves the good stuff from being thrown away, but there is a risk that bad actors will reprocess to make weapons. There are methods of reprocessing that have less of a proliferation risk, and luckily with the new generation of fuel, HALEU, there is even less of a risk.

Keywords

Proliferation, HALEU, TRISO, Cyclus ...

Key Metrics

1. Isotopes
2. IAEA significant quantities

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