NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

The question of how to effectively efficiently and responsibly manage used nuclear fuels is a concern of major impediment in the light of today39s increasing usage of nuclear power and development of advanced nuclear reactors This book focuses on two significant areas of used nuclear fuel the reprocessing technology and waste disposal and management The book covers the fundamental knowledge the current stateoftheart and future research activities for each topicThis book provides readers with the fundamental knowledge behind of nuclear used fuel reprocessing and radioactive waste management and their technical applications and their requirements and practices to make the readers aware of social economic and environmental concerns as well as technical research needs The book covers two wellknown and welldeveloped reprocessing technologies aqueous reprocessing technology and electrochemical pyroprocessing On the subject of waste management it covers the dry storage of used nuclear fuel novel waste form design and nuclear waste disposalThis book is a good guide for readers who want to understand apply or develop the technologies