Advances in Nuclear Fuel Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-08-102571-0
Verlag: WOODHEAD PUB

Buch, Englisch, 670 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1180 g

Reihe: Woodhead Publishing Energy

Advances in Nuclear Fuel Chemistry presents a high-level description of nuclear fuel chemistry based on the most recent research and advances. Dr. Markus H.A. Piro and his team of global, expert contributors cover all aspects of both the conventional uranium-based nuclear fuel cycle and non-conventional fuel cycles, including mining, refining, fabrication, and long-term storage, as well as emerging nuclear technologies, such as accident tolerant fuels and molten salt materials. Aimed at graduate students, researchers, academics and practicing engineers and regulators, this book will provide the reader with a single reference from which to learn the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and radiochemistry.

Zielgruppe

<p>Practising engineers and professionals including research scientists at national labs, industrial engineers, nuclear waste management professionals & safety regulators; graduate students, academics and professors of nuclear energy/engineering, fuel engineering</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piro, Markus H. A.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Kernenergieindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

PART A: Fundamentals 2. Thermodynamics and kinetics 3. Experimental Methods 4. Modelling and Simulation

PART B: Fuel Designs 5. Oxide power reactor fuels 6. Other power reactor fuels 7. Molten salt reactor fuels 8. Research reactor fuels

PART C: Stages of the Fuel Cycle and Other Applications 9. Mining and Milling 10. Conversion and Enrichment 11. In-reactor behaviour 12. Reprocessing and recycling 13. Spent fuel storage 14. Severe accident analyses

Über Autor(innen)

Piro, Markus H. A.
Dr. Piro earned a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada with Profs. W.T. Thompson and B.J. Lewis, and held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. T.M. Besmann. Both PhD and PDF projects focused on computational thermochemistry of irradiated nuclear fuel. After the PDF, Dr. Piro worked at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) as a research scientist and then Head of the Fuel Modelling and Fission Product Transport Section, where he led a multi-disciplinary group that supported both basic and applied research for government and industry. While his research at CNL broadly involved various aspects of fuel behaviour, the focus was on nuclear fuel chemistry of various fuel types, including conventional power reactor fuel, research reactor fuel, Generation IV concepts, and some exotic (proprietary) fuel designs for industry. In 2017, Dr. Piro was awarded a Canada Research Chair of Nuclear Fuels and Materials at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (now `Ontario Tech University'). His group contributes to a number of research projects in collaboration with partners in industry and government with the ultimate goal of enhancing performance, safety, and environmental stewardship of nuclear fuels and related materials.