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Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States22.251
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2009English
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This course provides an in-depth technical and policy analysis of various options for the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment fuel fabrication, in-core physics and fuel management of uranium, thorium and other fuel types, reprocessing and waste disposal. Also covered are the principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors.

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