Abstract :
Thispaperreviewsthecurrentstateofadvancedfuelresearchanddevelopmentandconsidersadvancedfueldevelopmentworkinthecontextofthetechnicalandeconomicdrivers.Thescopeencompassesevolutionarydevelopmentforexistinglightwaterreactors(LWRs),radicaldevelopmentsforLWRs,mostofwhicharefocusedonmoreefficientplutoniumconsumptionandonlongertermdevelopmentsinrelationtothermalandfastreactorfuels.Thereviewconcludesthatthereisagapbetweennear-termresearchanddevelopmenttosupportutilitiesandthelong-termworkthatfocusesongoalssuchasimprovedplutoniumutilisation,wastereduction,improvedproliferationresistanceandstrategicindependence.
