• The Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) is an extensive research and development effort of the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The mission...
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  • AFCI may refer to: Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter Association of Film Commissioners International This disambiguation page...
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    Lanthanides/Actinides Reference List. Merck.de. Retrieved 10 December 2011. "Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative". U.S. Department of Energy. Archived from the original on 10...
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    The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in...
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  • research and development program, GNEP is an outgrowth of the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative In April 2009 the U.S. Department of Energy announced the cancellation...
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    on July 29, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-13. Ehresman, Teri. "DOE Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative". United States Department of Energy, DOE Office of Nuclear...
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  • Status   Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative High-temperature electrolysis "Leadership". Energy.gov. Retrieved...
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    temperature data available. Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative / Light Water Reactor: The goal of the AFCI is to transmute longer-life fuels into shorter-life ones...
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    Nuclear: Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Clean...
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  • captured by the fuel. The very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR) uses a graphite-moderated core with a once-through uranium fuel cycle, using helium or...
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    purifying, using, and disposing of nuclear fuel are collectively known as the nuclear fuel cycle. Most nuclear fuels contain heavy fissile actinide elements...
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    Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines...
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    A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity...
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  • included initiatives on: Technical or physical modification of the fuel cycle to restrict access to sensitive nuclear materials Multilateral fuel cycle centers...
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    a kerosene-based fuel. Jatropha, used for biodiesel, can thrive on marginal land where most plants produce low yields. A life cycle assessment on jatropha...
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    molten salt reactor. LFTRs use the thorium fuel cycle with a fluoride-based molten (liquid) salt for fuel. In a typical design, the liquid is pumped between...
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    considering the entire life cycle ("well to wheels"), in order to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation. The first low-carbon fuel standard mandate in...
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    The fuel economy of an automobile relates to the distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed. Consumption can be expressed in terms...
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    generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer...
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    also manages the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative program. Under the program, the U.S. attempts to recycle spent nuclear fuel using advanced technology while...
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    plants use thermal reactors with enriched uranium in a once-through fuel cycle. Fuel is removed when the percentage of neutron absorbing atoms becomes so...
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    Life cycle assessment (LCA), also known as life cycle analysis, is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the stages of...
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  • integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) is a technology using a high pressure gasifier to turn coal and other carbon based fuels into pressurized gas—synthesis...
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    as a third laboratory location, providing expertise in life-cycle research and advanced materials for energy system challenges. Founded on the site of...
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    Ethanol fuel is fuel containing ethyl alcohol, the same type of alcohol as found in alcoholic beverages. It is most often used as a motor fuel, mainly...
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    Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential...
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    A fuel cell vehicle (FCV) or fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is an electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell, sometimes in combination with a small battery...
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    fuel.[citation needed] Between 1987 and 1991, an advanced engine design was studied under Project Timberwind, under the Strategic Defense Initiative,...
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    Kazimi, Mujid (June 2013). "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Analysis and Optimization with the Code for Advanced Fuel Cycles Assessment (CAFCA)". Transactions of...
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    nuclear fuel cycle based on Thorium fuel matures into mainstream power production, thus eliminating Indian dependence on imported nuclear fuel from NSG...
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