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Chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle
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=== Chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle ===
  Topics:
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- uranium ores
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Return to: [[CINCH_Recommended_Knowledge|Overview of Minimum Requirments]]
- extraction of uranium from ore minerals
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- mill tailings and their disposal
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=== Aim ===
- purification of raw uranium products
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- enrichment of 235U
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(not written)
- production of uranium fuel for power reactors
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- use on uranium fuel in power reactors
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==== Subtopics ====
- power reactor types
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- water chemistry of nuclear power reactors
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* uranium ores
- types of nuclear waste and their formation processes
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* extraction of uranium from ore minerals
- management and final disposal of nuclear waste
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* mill tailings and their disposal
- reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
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* purification of raw uranium products
- decommissioning of nuclear facilitities
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* enrichment of 235U
- behaviour of nuclear waste in geological final repositories
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* production of uranium fuel for power reactors
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* use on uranium fuel in power reactors
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* 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
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* behaviour of nuclear waste in geological final repositories

Revision as of 08:54, 21 September 2012

Chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle

Return to: Overview of Minimum Requirments

Aim

(not written)

Subtopics

  • 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