Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Waste Management

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Waste Management
Author: Jinsuo Zhang
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-05
Genre: Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN: 9789813271364

The question of how to effectively, efficiently, and responsibly manage used nuclear fuels is a concern of major impediment in the light of today's 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 state-of-the-art, and future research activities for each topic. This 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 well-known and well-developed 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 disposal. This book is a good guide for readers who want to understand, apply, or develop the technologies.

Low-energy Cross Section of the D-D Reaction and Angular Distribution of the Protons Emitted

Low-energy Cross Section of the D-D Reaction and Angular Distribution of the Protons Emitted
Author: Egon Bretscher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1950
Genre: Cross sections (Nuclear physics)
ISBN:

The thick target yield of the reaction D + D yields T + p + 3.98 Mev has been measured, using a heavy ice target, and observations have been made on the angular distribution of the protons. Experiments have been carried out in the region 15 Kev to 105 Kev incident deuteron energy. Evidence has been obtained that, even for very small bombarding energies, the angular distribution of protons in the center-of-gravity (c.g.) system does not become Isotropic. The variation of the cross section with energy can only approximately be represented by a Gamow function.