核创新联盟（NIA）：2025重新审视回收利用：挖掘乏核燃料资源价值报告（英文版）（19页）.pdf

1、1 2 Recycling Reconsidered:Unlocking the Value of Spent Nuclear Fuel Author:Erik Cothron Acknowledgements:NIA would like to thank Oklo,SHINE Technologies,and Zeno Power,and the Atlantic Council Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative for their valuable contributions to the development of this report.Their

2、input,feedback,and subject matter expertise helped inform the development of this publication,strengthen the analysis performed,and improve the final product.October 2025 2025 Nuclear Innovation Alliance,All Rights Reserved This report is available online at:https:/nuclearinnovationalliance.org/reso

3、urces 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents.3 Executive Summary:.4 Introduction:.5 1.Commercial Rationale for Reprocessing and Recycling.7 1.1 Innovative Technologies.7 1.2 Powering New Frontiers.9 1.3 Enabling Nuclear Medicine&Diagnostics.9 1.4 Strengthening Agricultural Production.10 1.5 Navigatin

4、g Uranium Market Volatility and the Front End of the Fuel Cycle.10 2.Political and Social Rationale for Reprocessing and Recycling.12 2.1 Global Leadership and Export Competitiveness.12 2.2 Advanced Reactor Supply Chain Security.13 2.3 Supply Chain Security.13 2.5 Public Acceptance Through Innovatio

5、n.14 3.Enabling Private-Sector Leadership in Reprocessing and Recycling.15 3.1 Enabling LPO to Finance Reprocessing and Recycling.16 3.2 Ownership and Disposal Obligations.17 3.3 Private-Sector Access to DOE-Owned SNF for Reprocessing and Recycling.18 Conclusion.19 4 Executive Summary:Spent nuclear

6、fuel(SNF)reprocessing and recycling makes it possible to recover valuable radioactive isotopes to fuel new nuclear reactors,support life-saving medical treatments,and even power deep-sea and deep-space missions.1,2,3 At the same time,it can reduce the total volume of SNF by up to 80%and lower its ra