LEADER 03151oam 2200469 450 001 9910741156303321 005 20190911103511.0 010 $a1-4471-5589-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4471-5589-8 035 $a(OCoLC)867852011 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6WZY 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000078701 100 $a20131107d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThoria-based nuclear fuels $ethermophysical and thermodynamic properties, fabrication, reprocessing, and waste management /$fDasarathi Das, S.R. Bharadwaj, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aLondon :$cSpringer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 418 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aGreen Energy and Technology,$x1865-3529 300 $a"ISSN: 1865-3529." 311 $a1-4471-5588-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aCh 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.         . 330 $aThis book presents the state of the art on thermophysical and thermochemical properties, fabrication methodologies, irradiation behaviours, fuel reprocessing procedures, and aspects of waste management for oxide fuels in general and for thoria-based fuels in particular.  The book covers all the essential features involved in the development of and working with nuclear technology. With the help of key databases, many of which were created by the authors, information is presented in the form of tables, figures, schematic diagrams and flow sheets, and photographs. This information will be useful for scientists and engineers working in the nuclear field, particularly for design and simulation, and for establishing the technology. One special feature is the inclusion of the latest information on thoria-based fuels, especially on the use of thorium in power generation, as it has less proliferation potential for nuclear weapons. Given its natural abundance, thorium offers a future alternative to uranium fuels in nuclear technology. In closing, the latest information on conventional uranium and plutonium fuels is also provided. 410 0$aGreen energy and technology. 606 $aNuclear fuels 606 $aThorium compounds 615 0$aNuclear fuels. 615 0$aThorium compounds. 676 $a333.7924 702 $aDas$b Dasarathi 702 $aBharadwaj$b S. R$g(Shyamala R.), 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741156303321 996 $aThoria-based Nuclear Fuels$93554556 997 $aUNINA