Thoria-Based Nuclear Fuels: Thermophysical and Thermodynamic Properties, Fabrication, Reprocessing, and Waste Management

By S.R. Bharadwaj and Dasarathi Das

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447155882
• ISBN13: 9781447155881
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"