Thoria-based Nuclear Fuels Thermophysical and Thermodynamic Properties, Fabrication, Reprocessing, and Waste Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Das, Dasarathi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bharadwaj, S. R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Green Energy and Technology,
• Θέματα: Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Thermodynamics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Nuclear engineering.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Engineering.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

This book presents the state of the art on thermophysical and thermochemical properties, fabrication methodologies, irradiation behaviours, fuel reprocessing procedures, and aspects of waste management for oxide fuels in general and for thoria-based fuels in particular.  The book covers all the esse...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Ch 1 Introduction
• Ch 2 Thermophysical properties -thermal expansion and thermal diffusivity
• Ch 3 Phase stability, thermodynamic properties and oxygen potential of thoria based oxide fuels with relevance to the fuel behaviour in handling & during irradiation
• Ch 4 Thermochemistry of fuel and fission products interactions with burnup
• Ch 5 Transport and release characteristics of gaseous and volatile fission products
• Ch 6 Fuel fabrication and characterizations
• Ch 7 Fuel reprocessing
• Ch 8 Waste management in the oxide fuels.         .