COURSE 1-4 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology

Course 1-4 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology

Lectures 1-6

Kyu-Tae Kim

Kyu-Tae Kim

6 payments of $40/month

Lecture 1. Front-end of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

  • Definition of nuclear fuel cycle
  • Flow diagram of nuclear fuel cycle
  • Uranium enrichment methods
  • Separative work unit for enrichment 

Lecture 2. Reactor Core Fuel Management

  • PWR reactor core configuration
  • PWR fuel assembly configuration 
  • PWR reactor core design procedures
  • PWR operation strategy


Lecture 3. Spent Nuclear Fuel Characteristics

  • Compositions of spent nuclear fuel
  • Decay heat decrease as a function of fuel burnup
  • Radiotoxicity of spent nuclear fuel
  • Partitioning & transmutation of spent nuclear fuel

Lecture 4. Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

  • Design requirements of wet and dry storages
  • Phases from wet storage to dry storage
  • Verification tests of spent fuel storage cask
  • Dry storage methods
  • Design criteria for spent fuel cladding integrity


Lecture 5. Reprocessing and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

  • Compositions of PWR spent fuel
  • Characteristics of wet reprocessing
  • Characteristics of dry reprocessing
  • Deep geological disposal of spent fuel

Lecture 6. Treatment and Disposal of Radioactive Waste

  • IAEA classification of radioactive wastes
  • Low-level, Intermediate-level and high-level waste managements
  • Various spent fuel management policy

Course 1-4 is divided into Four(4) Lectures


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