Download or read book Nuclear Fuel Cycle Objectives written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by International Atomic Energy Agency. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.