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Uranium for Nuclear Power
Resources, Mining and Transformation to Fuel
1st Edition - February 17, 2016
Editor: Ian Hore-Lacy
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780081003077
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eBook ISBN:9780081003336
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Uranium for Nuclear Power: Resources, Mining and Transformation to Fuel discusses the nuclear industry and its dependence on a steady supply of competitively priced uranium as a key factor in its long-term sustainability. A better understanding of uranium ore geology and advances in exploration and mining methods will facilitate the discovery and exploitation of new uranium deposits. The practice of efficient, safe, environmentally-benign exploration, mining and milling technologies, and effective site decommissioning and remediation are also fundamental to the public image of nuclear power. This book provides a comprehensive review of developments in these areas.
Provides researchers in academia and industry with an authoritative overview of the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle
Presents a comprehensive and systematic coverage of geology, mining, and conversion to fuel, alternative fuel sources, and the environmental and social aspects
Written by leading experts in the field of nuclear power, uranium mining, milling, and geological exploration who highlight the best practices needed to ensure environmental safety
Geologists, engineers, researchers, managers in the uranium and nuclear power industries as well as researchers at postgraduate level onwards in academia with an interest in uranium and/or nuclear power. Also for professional staff in international nuclear organizations e.g. IAEA, OECD-NEA, EURATOM and national nuclear commissions and regulators
List of contributors
Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
Part I: Geology, Resources and Markets: Primary Uranium
1. Uranium for nuclear power: An introduction
Abstract
1.1 Introduction and history
1.2 Energy density, other characteristics
1.3 Resource situation
1.4 Technological perspective
1.5 The electromobility frontier and methanol
1.6 Relationship with nonhydro renewables
1.7 Safety, regulation
1.8 Nonpower uses
1.9 Wastes, radiation, proliferation
1.10 Uranium in the future
1.11 Further information
2. Geology of uranium deposits
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Uranium provinces
2.3 Uranium minerals
2.4 Classification of uranium deposits
2.5 The IAEA UDEPO database
2.6 Unconventional resources and deposits in UDEPO
2.7 New uranium deposits (2004–2014)
2.8 Future trends
Acknowledgments
Books on uranium and general publications
Publications in scientific reviews
Main websites
References
3. Exploration for uranium
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle
3.3 Drivers of uranium exploration
3.4 Prospectivity, explorability, and exploration targeting
3.5 Exploration techniques
3.6 Critical factors in deposit models
3.7 Drilling and evaluation
3.8 Synopsis
References
4. Uranium resources
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Resources and reserves
4.3 Global uranium resources as of January 1, 2013
4.4 Unconventional resources
4.5 International fuel reserves
4.6 United nations framework classification
4.7 Conclusion
4.8 Sources for further information and advice
References
5. The uranium market, supply adjustments from secondary sources, and enrichment underfeeding
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Uranium demand
5.3 Uranium supply
5.4 Costs of production
5.5 Uranium supply and demand to 2020 and beyond
5.6 The world uranium market and prices
5.7 Sources of further information and advice
References
Part II: Mining and Alternative Fuel Sources
6. Uranium mining (open cut and underground) and milling
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Open cut mining
6.3 Underground mining
6.4 Milling and extraction
6.5 Retreatment of mine tailings
6.6 Future trends
6.7 Sources of further information and advice
Acknowledgments
References
7. Introduction to uranium in situ recovery technology
Abstract
7.1 General description
7.2 Geology and hydrogeologic conditions
7.3 Environmental evaluations
7.4 Facilities
7.5 Processes
7.6 Waste management
7.7 Well drilling, installation, completion, and operation
7.8 Reclamation
References
8. Nuclear fuel from secondary supplies of uranium and plutonium
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Commercial inventories of natural and enriched uranium
8.3 Other natural and enriched inventories
8.4 HEU supplies
8.5 Recycled uranium and plutonium
8.6 Future of recycled uranium and plutonium
8.7 Enrichment of tails material
8.8 Underfeeding
8.9 Implications of generation IV nuclear reactors
8.10 Summary: The declining but continuing role of secondary supplies
9. Production of byproduct uranium and uranium from unconventional resources
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Uranium from phosphate deposits
9.3 Processing phosphates
9.4 Production potential
9.5 Uranium from rare earths deposits
9.6 Uranium from black shales
9.7 Uranium from seawater
9.8 Uranium from gold tailings
9.9 Uranium from coal ash
Sources and references
10. Thorium as a nuclear fuel
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Thorium fuel cycle
10.3 Previous work on the thorium fuel cycle
10.4 Current research and future possibilities
10.5 Thorium geology and resources
10.6 Current and recent thorium recovery
10.7 Disclaimer
References
Part III: Conversion, Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication
11. Conversion of natural uranium
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Conversion and needs
11.3 Conversion technologies
11.4 Current status of the conversion industry
11.5 Factors that impact converters
11.6 Conversion to UO2
11.7 Potential future developments
References
12. Uranium enrichment
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 How is uranium enriched?
12.3 Historic technologies
12.4 Future technologies
12.5 Quality control of uranium hexafluoride in enrichment
12.6 Management of tails
12.7 Experience enriching reprocessed uranium
References
13. Nuclear fuel fabrication
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Fuel assembly design components
13.3 Current and future trends
13.4 Sources of further information and advice
References
Part IV: Environmental and Social Issues
14. Management for health, safety, environment, and community in uranium mining and processing
Abstract
14.1 Framework for health, safety, environment, and community in uranium operation
14.2 HSEC across the uranium life cycle
14.3 Managing health in uranium operations
14.4 Managing safety in uranium operations
14.5 Managing environmental impacts in uranium operations
14.6 Managing community impacts in uranium operations
14.7 Integration of HSEC and conclusion
15. Safe and secure packaging and transport of uranium materials
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Class 7 dangerous goods and regulatory practice/codes
15.3 Packaging of radioactive materials
15.4 Security measures for transport of nuclear materials
15.5 Current issues for the transport of nuclear materials
15.6 Transport of uranium concentrates and uranium hexafluoride
15.7 Transport and packaging of plutonium
15.8 Transport of fabricated fuel—uranium and MOX
15.9 Ships for MOX (and used fuel or high-level wastes)
15.10 Sources of further information
References
16. Uranium mine and mill remediation and reclamation
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Uranium mine and milling sites
16.3 Site remediation and reclamation
16.4 Risks addressed in rehabilitation
16.5 Tools used in rehabilitation
16.6 Funding for rehabilitation
16.7 Future trends
16.8 Conclusions
References
17. Interregional technical cooperation for education and training in the uranium industry
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Relevant interregional initiatives in education and training
17.3 Building competence in the uranium industry
17.4 Future trends
References
Index
No. of pages: 488
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: February 17, 2016
Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
Hardback ISBN: 9780081003077
eBook ISBN: 9780081003336
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Ian Hore-Lacy
Ian Hore-Lacy, World Nuclear Association (WNA), UK, has been involved with uranium mining since the 1970s and nuclear power since 1995. He joined the mining industry as an environmental scientist in 1974 with CRA (now Rio Tinto). He is the author of the successful textbook Nuclear Electricity, the expanded eighth to tenth editions of which were published under the title Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century.