22.251 / 22.351 Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Fall 2005

Kazimi, Mujid S.

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Kazimi, Mujid S.

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Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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Abstract

This course provides an in-depth technical and policy analysis of various options for the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment fuel fabrication, in-core physics and fuel management of uranium, thorium and other fuel types, reprocessing and waste disposal. Also covered are the principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors. Nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of actinides and selected fission products in spent fuel are examined. Several state-of-the-art computer programs are provided for student use in problem sets and term papers.

Date issued

2005-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71263

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

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22.251-Fall2005

local: 22.251

local: 22.351

local: IMSCP-MD5-1b47de88a5e0aaf74caba0d09d135d44

Keywords

nuclear fuel, nuclear fuel cycle, thorium fuel, dry recycling, transmutation, radioactive waste disposal, waste storage, nuclear waste, nuclear reactor analysis, fuel cell design, reactor design, fast reactors, breeder reactors, CANDU reactor, light water reactor, LWR, nuclear non-proliferation, plutonium recycling

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