Technical Features to Enhance Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Energy Systems

This publication provides a qualitative framework for examination of the proliferation resistance of the innovative nuclear fuel cycle options, focusing on the intrinsic features of proliferation resistance. It also includes a survey of a number of innovative nuclear energy systems and fuel cycles with respect to that framework. This survey does not attempt to perform a comparative assessment among the various nuclear energy systems, but identifies the possible impacts and the tradeoffs (if any) that should be carefully evaluated in deciding what technologies merit further consideration.