Actions for Uranium for nuclear power : resources, mining and transformation to fuel
Uranium for nuclear power : resources, mining and transformation to fuel / edited by Ian Hore-Lacy
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- Duxford, UK : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.
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- 1 online resource
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- Hore-Lacy, Ian
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- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Uranium for nuclear power: an introduction -- 1.1.Introduction and history / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.2.Energy density, other characteristics / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.3.Resource situation / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.4.Technological perspective / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.5.The electromobility frontier and methanol / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.6.Relationship with nonhydro renewables / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.7.Safety, regulation / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.8.Nonpower uses / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.9.Wastes, radiation, proliferation / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.10.Uranium in the future / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 1.11.Further information / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 2.Geology of uranium deposits / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 2.1.Introduction / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.2.Uranium provinces / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.3.Uranium minerals / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.4.Classification of uranium deposits / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.5.The IAEA UDEPO database / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.6.Unconventional resources and deposits in UDEPO / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.7.New uranium deposits (2004-2014) / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 2.8.Future trends / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- Acknowledgments / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- Books on uranium and general publications / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- Publications in scientific reviews / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- Main websites / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- References / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 3.Exploration for uranium / Patrice Bruneton / Michel Cuney -- 3.1.Introduction / Kurt Kyser -- 3.2.Uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle / Kurt Kyser -- 3.3.Drivers of uranium exploration / Kurt Kyser -- 3.4.Prospectivity, explorability, and exploration targeting / Kurt Kyser -- 3.5.Exploration techniques / Kurt Kyser -- 3.6.Critical factors in deposit models / Kurt Kyser -- 3.7.Drilling and evaluation / Kurt Kyser -- 3.8.Synopsis / Kurt Kyser -- References / Kurt Kyser -- 4.Uranium resources / Kurt Kyser -- 4.1.Introduction / Robert Vance -- 4.2.Resources and reserves / Robert Vance -- 4.3.Global uranium resources as of January 1, 2013 / Robert Vance -- 4.4.Unconventional resources / Robert Vance -- 4.5.International fuel reserves / Robert Vance -- 4.6.United Nations Framework Classification / Robert Vance -- 4.7.Conclusion / Robert Vance -- 4.8.Sources for further information and advice / Robert Vance -- References / Robert Vance -- 5.The uranium market, supply adjustments from secondary sources, and enrichment underfeeding / Robert Vance -- 5.1.Introduction / Steve Kidd -- 5.2.Uranium demand / Steve Kidd -- 5.3.Uranium supply / Steve Kidd -- 5.4.Costs of production / Steve Kidd -- 5.5.Uranium supply and demand to 2020 and beyond / Steve Kidd -- 5.6.The world uranium market and prices / Steve Kidd -- 5.7.Sources of further information and advice / Steve Kidd -- References / Steve Kidd -- 6.Uranium mining (open cut and underground) and milling / Steve Kidd -- 6.1.Introduction / Peter H. Woods -- 6.2.Open cut mining / Peter H. Woods -- 6.3.Underground mining / Peter H. Woods -- 6.4.Milling and extraction / Peter H. Woods -- 6.5.Retreatment of mine tailings / Peter H. Woods -- 6.6.Future trends / Peter H. Woods -- 6.7.Sources of further information and advice / Peter H. Woods -- Acknowledgments / Peter H. Woods -- References / Peter H. Woods -- 7.Introduction to uranium in situ recovery technology / Peter H. Woods -- 7.1.General description / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.2.Geology and hydrogeologic conditions / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.3.Environmental evaluations / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.4.Facilities / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.5.Processes / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.6.Waste management / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.7.Well drilling, installation, completion, and operation / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 7.8.Reclamation / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- References / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 8.Nuclear fuel from secondary supplies of uranium and plutonium / Mark S. Pelizza / Craig S. Bartels -- 8.1.Introduction / Jeff Combs -- 8.2.Commercial inventories of natural and enriched uranium / Jeff Combs -- 8.3.Other natural and enriched inventories / Jeff Combs -- 8.4.HEU supplies / Jeff Combs -- 8.5.Recycled uranium and plutonium / Jeff Combs -- 8.6.Future of recycled uranium and plutonium / Jeff Combs -- 8.7.Enrichment of tails material / Jeff Combs -- 8.8.Underfeeding / Jeff Combs -- 8.9.Implications of generation IV nuclear reactors / Jeff Combs -- 8.10.Summary: The declining but continuing role of secondary supplies / Jeff Combs -- 9.Production of byproduct uranium and uranium from unconventional resources / Jeff Combs -- 9.1.Introduction / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.2.Uranium from phosphate deposits / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.3.Processing phosphates / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.4.Production potential / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.5.Uranium from rare earths deposits / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.6.Uranium from black shales / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.7.Uranium from seawater / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.8.Uranium from gold tailings / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 9.9.Uranium from coal ash / Ian Hore-Lacy -- Sources and references / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 10.Thorium as a nuclear fuel / Ian Hore-Lacy -- 10.1.Introduction / Bradley S. Van Gosen / Harikrishnan Tulsidas -- 10.2.Thorium fuel cycle / Bradley S. Van Gosen / Harikrishnan Tulsidas -- 10.3.Previous work on the thorium fuel cycle / Harikrishnan Tulsidas / Bradley S. Van Gosen -- 10.4.Current research and future possibilities / Bradley S. Van Gosen / Harikrishnan Tulsidas -- 10.5.Thorium geology and resources / Harikrishnan Tulsidas / Bradley S. Van Gosen -- 10.6.Current and recent thorium recovery / Harikrishnan Tulsidas / Bradley S. Van Gosen -- 10.7.Disclaimer / Harikrishnan Tulsidas / Bradley S. Van Gosen -- References / Harikrishnan Tulsidas / Bradley S. Van Gosen -- 11.Conversion of natural uranium / Bradley S. Van Gosen / Harikrishnan Tulsidas -- 11.1.Introduction / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 11.2.Conversion and needs / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 11.3.Conversion technologies / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 11.4.Current status of the conversion industry / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 11.5.Factors that impact converters / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 11.6.Conversion to UO2 / Engin Özberk / Andrew J. Oliver -- 11.7.Potential future developments / Engin Özberk / Andrew J. Oliver -- References / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 12.Uranium enrichment / Andrew J. Oliver / Engin Özberk -- 12.1.Introduction / Paul Harding -- 12.2.How is uranium enriched? / Paul Harding -- 12.3.Historic technologies / Paul Harding -- 12.4.Future technologies / Paul Harding -- 12.5.Quality control of uranium hexafluoride in enrichment / Paul Harding -- 12.6.Management of tails / Paul Harding -- 12.7.Experience enriching reprocessed uranium / Paul Harding -- References / Paul Harding -- 13.Nuclear fuel fabrication / Paul Harding -- 13.1.Introduction / Eileen Supko -- 13.2.Fuel assembly design components / Eileen Supko -- 13.3.Current and future trends / Eileen Supko -- 13.4.Sources of further information and advice / Eileen Supko -- References / Eileen Supko -- 14.Management for health, safety, environment, and community in uranium mining and processing / Eileen Supko -- 14.1.Framework for health, safety, environment, and community in uranium operation / Frank Harris -- 14.2.HSEC across the uranium life cycle / Frank Harris -- 14.3.Managing health in uranium operations / Frank Harris -- 14.4.Managing safety in uranium operations / Frank Harris -- 14.5.Managing environmental impacts in uranium operations / Frank Harris -- 14.6.Managing community impacts in uranium operations / Frank Harris -- 14.7.Integration of HSEC and conclusion / Frank Harris -- 15.Safe and secure packaging and transport of uranium materials / Frank Harris -- 15.1.Introduction / Dylan Hem -- 15.2.Class 7 dangerous goods and regulatory practice/codes / Dylan Hem -- 15.3.Packaging of radioactive materials / Dylan Hem -- 15.4.Security measures for transport of nuclear materials / Dylan Hem -- 15.5.Current issues for the transport of nuclear materials / Dylan Hem -- 15.6.Transport of uranium concentrates and uranium hexafluoride / Dylan Hem -- 15.7.Transport and packaging of plutonium / Dylan Hem -- 15.8.Transport of fabricated fuel-uranium and MOX / Dylan Hem -- 15.9.Ships for MOX (and used fuel or high-level wastes) / Dylan Hem -- 15.10.Sources of further information / Dylan Hem -- References / Dylan Hem -- 16.Uranium mine and mill remediation and reclamation / Dylan Hem -- 16.1.Introduction / Doug Collier -- 16.2.Uranium mine and milling sites / Doug Collier -- 16.3.Site remediation and reclamation / Doug Collier -- 16.4.Risks addressed in rehabilitation / Doug Collier -- 16.5.Tools used in rehabilitation / Doug Collier -- 16.6.Funding for rehabilitation / Doug Collier -- 16.7.Future trends / Doug Collier -- 16.8.Conclusions / Doug Collier -- References / Doug Collier -- 17.Interregional technical cooperation for education and training in the uranium industry / Doug Collier -- 17.1.Introduction / Patricia Wieland -- 17.2.Relevant interregional initiatives in education and training / Patricia Wieland -- 17.3.Building competence in the uranium industry / Patricia Wieland -- 17.4.Future trends / Patricia Wieland -- References / Patricia Wieland.
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- 9780081003336 electronic bk.
0081003331 electronic bk.
9780081003077 print
0081003072
9780081003077 - Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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