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Main Authors: Xu, Yuxiang, Yu, Wenjuan, Wan, Yuqian, Zhang, Zhongming
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00677
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author Xu, Yuxiang
Yu, Wenjuan
Wan, Yuqian
Zhang, Zhongming
author_facet Xu, Yuxiang
Yu, Wenjuan
Wan, Yuqian
Zhang, Zhongming
contents This study addresses critical challenges in managing the transportation of spent nuclear fuel, including inadequate data transparency, stringent confidentiality requirements, and a lack of trust among collaborating parties, issues prevalent in traditional centralized management systems. Given the high risks involved, balancing data confidentiality with regulatory transparency is imperative. To overcome these limitations, a prototype system integrating blockchain technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) is proposed, featuring a multi-tiered consortium chain architecture. This system utilizes IoT sensors for real-time data collection, which is immutably recorded on the blockchain, while a hierarchical data structure (operational, supervisory, and public layers) manages access for diverse stakeholders. The results demonstrate that this approach significantly enhances data immutability, enables real-time multi-sensor data integration, improves decentralized transparency, and increases resilience compared to traditional systems. Ultimately, this blockchain-IoT framework improves the safety, transparency, and efficiency of spent fuel transportation, effectively resolving the conflict between confidentiality and transparency in nuclear data management and offering significant practical implications.
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spellingShingle Review of Blockchain-Based Approaches to Spent Fuel Management in Nuclear Power Plants
Xu, Yuxiang
Yu, Wenjuan
Wan, Yuqian
Zhang, Zhongming
Cryptography and Security
Emerging Technologies
Applied Physics
This study addresses critical challenges in managing the transportation of spent nuclear fuel, including inadequate data transparency, stringent confidentiality requirements, and a lack of trust among collaborating parties, issues prevalent in traditional centralized management systems. Given the high risks involved, balancing data confidentiality with regulatory transparency is imperative. To overcome these limitations, a prototype system integrating blockchain technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) is proposed, featuring a multi-tiered consortium chain architecture. This system utilizes IoT sensors for real-time data collection, which is immutably recorded on the blockchain, while a hierarchical data structure (operational, supervisory, and public layers) manages access for diverse stakeholders. The results demonstrate that this approach significantly enhances data immutability, enables real-time multi-sensor data integration, improves decentralized transparency, and increases resilience compared to traditional systems. Ultimately, this blockchain-IoT framework improves the safety, transparency, and efficiency of spent fuel transportation, effectively resolving the conflict between confidentiality and transparency in nuclear data management and offering significant practical implications.
title Review of Blockchain-Based Approaches to Spent Fuel Management in Nuclear Power Plants
topic Cryptography and Security
Emerging Technologies
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00677