Reactor Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

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Lecturer
Ikeda Yasuhisa    Suzuki Tatsuya 
Place
Fri3-4(N2 5F-521)  
Credits
Lecture2  Exercise0  Experiment0
Code
71083
Syllabus updated
2010/3/22
Lecture notes updated
2010/3/22
Semester
Spring Semester

Outline of lecture

Technologies in nuclear fuel cycle, e.g., fuel fabrication, uranium enrichment, fuel reprocessing, waste management, will be explained.

01.Introduction
02.Uranium chemistry
03.Mining and refining of nuclear fuel materials
04.Uranium enrichment
05.Fabrication of nuclear fuels
06.Reprocessing of spent fuel
07.Properties of actinide elements
08.Partitioning
09.Radioactive waste treatment
10.Radioactive waste disposal

Purpose of lecture

Technologies in nuclear fuel cycle, e.g., fuel fabrication, uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, partitioning, waste management, will be lectured.

Plan of lecture

01.Introduction
02.Uranium chemistry
03.Properties of actinide elements
04.Mining and refining of nuclear fuel materials
05.Nuclear fuel cycle
06.Chemistry of coolant
07.Corrosion in reactors
08.Reactor maintenance
09.Radioactive waste treatment
10.Radioactive waste disposal
11.Application of nuclear energy to chemical industries

Textbook and reference

M. Benedict, T.H. Pigford, H.W. Levi,窶廸uclear Chemical Engineering (2nd ed.)窶, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
S. Cotton, 窶廰anthanide and Actinide Chemistry窶, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006.

Evaluation

Exercise and report

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