Module catalogue 2018/2019
| 3EAD7 | Fuel cycle | Electronics and Applied Physics | S9 | ||||||
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| Lessons : 12 h | TD : 0 h | TP : 0 h | Project : 0 h | Total : 12 h | |||||
| Co-ordinator : Gilles Ban | |||||||||
| Prerequisite | |
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| Nuclei and radiation Introduction to nuclear reactors |
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| Course Objectives | |
| Give an overview of the fuel cycle, from mine to the recycling. Address the enrichment process. Fuel composition evolution under irradiation. |
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| Syllabus | |
| Fissile and fertile isotopes. World Reserves. cost. Closed cycle, open cycle. Ore, extraction, concentration. U3O8. Enrichment. UF6. Gas diffusion. Centrifugation. UTS. Loading. Evolution under irradiations, Equations of Bateman. Role of Plutonium. Radiotoxicity. Recycling, PUREX. Irradiated fuel. Storage storage. Waste Act. Classification. Cigéo. Thorium. |
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| Practical work (TD or TP) | |
| PWR fuel management. Fuel handling in PWR. |
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| Acquired skills | |
| Calculation of UTS, product, raw material. Evolution of the fuel. |
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| Bibliography | |
| Fuel Cycle. L Patarin Genie Atomique Nuclear Chemical Engineering. Manson. McGraw hill |
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