UN 0602 – Nuclear Fuel Waste Management

2018 Version  – course material is being updated as available

 Dates:
  February 10 & 11, 2018
  March 3 & 4, 2018
  March 24 & 25, 2018
  April 14 & 15, 2018
 
 Start Time:

  9:00 a.m.
 Location:
  Lecturer Theatre (1-0)
  Durham College – Whitby Campus
 1610 Champlain Avenue,  Whitby, ON, L1N 6A7
 
  Directions to Durham College Whitby Campus: 
 Instructor:
 

Announcements

Deadlines

  • Final date to Register – March 2, 2018
  • Last day to Drop Course – March 2, 2018

Course Description:

Presently, nuclear fuel waste management involves storage in water pools or dry storage containers at reactor sites. If the fuel is then defined as waste, permanent disposal at an appropriate deep geological site would be considered. This course will describe the physical and chemical properties of the fuel and these approaches to storage and disposal. Key features of the fuel include its chemical and physical structure and properties prior to, and after, in-reactor irradiation, the nature and distribution of radionuclides produced in-reactor, and the chemical and physical properties of the Zircaloy fuel cladding before and after in-reactor exposure. The principles behind pool and dry storage will be described including the design of storage containers and the chemical and corrosion processes that could influence their long-term integrity. The possible permanent disposal scenarios developed internationally will be discussed, with a primary emphasis on those potentially applicable in Canada. For this last topic, the design and fabrication of waste containers and the processes that could potentially lead to their failure, the properties of engineered barriers within the geological site, the essential geological features of the chosen site, and the computational modeling approaches used in site performance assessment calculations will be described.

Course Administration

  • Prerequisite: Registration in the UNENE M.Eng. or UNENE Diploma Program

2018 Course Material

        1.            February 10 & 11, 2018      Lecture Notes                  
2.    March 3 & 4, 2018              Lecture Notes
3.    March 24 & 25, 2018          Lecture Notes
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2018 Assignments

        1.          Assignment # 1                                                             
2.   Assignment # 2

 

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