Nuclear waste management - 5PMGACE0
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Number of hours
- Lectures : 11.0
- Tutorials : 11.0
- Laboratory works : 0
- Projects : 0
- Internship : 0
ECTS : 1.5
Goals
The management of the nuclear wastes due to nuclear energy production is a key issue of this industry. The goals of these lectures are to introduce the fundamental notions to then present the physics of the transmutation and incineration processes, together with the behavior of current and future nuclear reactor technologies while introducing minor actinides in their fuel; finally to discuss the available options to reduce the risks linked to the long-lived radioactive wastes.
Contact Elsa MERLE
Content Part 1 - Introduction: Fuel Cycles
- Radioactivity and radioprotection
- Nuclear: classification and production
- The fission products
- The transuranic elements: plutonium and minor actinides
Part 2 - The physics of transmutation and incinération
- Case of the fission products
- Case of the plutonium
- Case of the minor actinides (Np, Am, Cm)
Part 3 - R&D activities towards future reactor concepts
(Generation 4 reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems
PrerequisitesNuclear physics and reactor physics
Tests Written examination of 2h
Additional Information This course brings 2.0 ECTS to students in TU Reactors JUAS/ESIPAP (GEN S9)
Curriculum->Double-Diploma Engineer/Master->Semester 9
Curriculum->Engineering degree->Semester 9
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