Nuclear fuel cycle science and engineering

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction to the nuclear fuel cycle: Nuclear power: Origins and outlook Radiological protection in the nuclear fuel cycle Safeguards, security and safety in the nuclear fuel cycle: The 3S concept Public acceptability of nuclear technology The economics of nuclear power. Part 2 Uranium and thorium nuclear fuel cycle: Materials mining, enrichment and fuel element design and fabrication: Mining and milling of uranium Uranium conversion and enrichment for nuclear power generation Development of the thorium fuel cycle Nuclear fuel assembly design and fabrication. Part 3 Impact of nuclear reactor design and operation on fuel element irradiation: Water cooled thermal reactor designs, operation and fuel cycle CANDU nuclear reactor designs, operation and fuel cycle Gas-cooled nuclear reactor designs, operation and fuel cycle Generation IV nuclear reactor designs, operation and fuel cycle Understanding and modelling fuel behaviour under irradiation. Part 4 Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management: Management of spent nuclear fuel from power reactors Reprocessing of spent oxide fuel from nuclear power reactors Partitioning and transmutation of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste Disposal of radioactive waste Packaging and transport of radioactive material in the nuclear fuel cycle.