Optional Topic 1 (for MSc degree)

Chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle

Topics:

- uranium ores - extraction of uranium from ore minerals - mill tailings and their disposal - purification of raw uranium products - enrichment of 235U - production of uranium fuel for power reactors - use on uranium fuel in power reactors - power reactor types - water chemistry of nuclear power reactors - types of nuclear waste and their formation processes - management and final disposal of nuclear waste - reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel - decommissioning of nuclear facilitities - behaviour of nuclear waste in geological final repositories