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Chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle

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Aim

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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