Nuclear Fuel and Nuclear Waste 1200-1CHJPAJW5
1. Fissible isotopes for nuclear power industry: currently used and possible to use in the future. Occurrence on Earth of the natural ones and production of the artifical ones.
2. Composition of nuclear fuel for various types of reactors. Preferred chemical forms of the fissible elements.
3. Sources of the fissible isotopes. Uranium mining and processing of the output for nuclear power industry.
4. Isotope enrichment of uranium. Enrichment grades of uranium.
5. Production of nuclear fuel. Desired chemical and physical forms of the fissible elements.
6. Chemistry of nuclear reactors under normal operation conditions
7. Burning of nuclear fuel
8. Compsoition and activity of spent nuclear fuel
9. Spent nuclear fuel reprocessing:
- hydrometalurgical methods: PUREX and derivatives
- pyroprocessing
- transmutation
10. Radioactive and nuclear waste management. The nuclear fuel cycle
Type of course
Mode
Requirements
Dosimetry and Radiation Protection
Nuclear Physics
An introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Physics
Prerequisites
Dosimetry and Radiation Protection
Nuclear Physics
An introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Physics
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After completing the lecture the student is familiar with the following topics related to the nuclear power and waste:
- fissible isotopes for nuclear power
- extraction/mining and processing of uranium
- most important methods of isotope enrichment of uranium
- production, chemical composition and physical form of nuclear fuel
- generation of radioactive waste at various stages of the nuclear fuel cycle
- spent nuclear fuel: chemical composition and activity
- reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, nuclear waste management
The course allows students to broaden their knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power
Assessment criteria
Final written exam. Evaluation:
51%-60%: 3
61%-70: 3,5
71%-80%: 4
81%-90%: 4,5
91%-100%: 5
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
J. Sobkowski, M. Jelińska-Kazimierczuk, Chemia Jądrowa, Adamantan, 2006
A. Czerwiński, Energia jądrowa i promieniotwórczość, Oficyna Wydawnicza Krzysztof Pazdro, 1998
J. Kubowski, Nowoczesne Elektrownie Jądrowe, WNT, 2010
W. Szymański, Chemia Jądrowa, PWN, 1996
G. Choppin, J. Rydberg, J.-O. Liljenzin, Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001
A. Vértes, S. Nagy, Z. Klencsár, R.G. Lovas, F. Rösch, Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry, Springer, 2011
P.D. Wilson, The nuclear fuel cycle. From ore to waste, Oxford, 1996
W. Loveland, D.J. Morrissey, G.T. Seaborg, Modern nuclear Chemistry, Wiley, 2005
Z. Celiński, A. Strupczewski, Podstawy Energetyki Jądrowej, WNT, 1984
L.R. Morss, N.M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Springer, 2010
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