TITLE

Assuaging Nuclear Energy Risks: The Angarsk International Uranium Enrichment Center

AUTHOR(S)
Myers, Astasia
PUB. DATE
June 2011
SOURCE
AIP Conference Proceedings;6/28/2011, Vol. 1342 Issue 1, p114
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The recent nuclear renaissance has motivated many countries, especially developing nations, to plan and build nuclear power reactors. However, domestic low enriched uranium demands may trigger nations to construct indigenous enrichment facilities, which could be redirected to fabricate high enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. The potential advantages of establishing multinational uranium enrichment sites are numerous including increased low enrichment uranium access with decreased nuclear proliferation risks. While multinational nuclear initiatives have been discussed, Russia is the first nation to actualize this concept with their Angarsk International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). This paper provides an overview of the historical and modern context of the multinational nuclear fuel cycle as well as the evolution of Russia's IUEC, which exemplifies how international fuel cycle cooperation is an alternative to domestic facilities.
ACCESSION #
61979038

Tags: NUCLEAR energy;  NUCLEAR reactors;  URANIUM;  NUCLEAR facilities;  NUCLEAR weapons;  NUCLEAR nonproliferation

 

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