Nuclear chemical engineering

M. Benedict, T. Pigford, and H. Levi, Nuclear Chemical Engineering, 2nd ed., McGraw-HiU Book Co., New York, 1981, Chapt. 14. 

M. Benedict and T. H. Pigfort, Nuclear Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1957. 

Benedict, M., Pigford, M., Levi, H. W., 1981 Nuclear Chemical Engineering, 2ndEd. (New York, McGraw-Hill)... 

Benedict, M. Pigford, T. H. Levi, H. W. Nuclear Chemical Engineering 2nd Ed. McGraw-Hill New York, 1981 Chap. 5.8. 

Figure 1. Principle of the electromagnetic separation of isotopes. Reproduced by permission from "Nuclear Chemical Engineering (Ref. 3), 1957 by McGraw-Hill Book Co.

Lugao, Ademar Benevolo Institute de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Chemical Engineering and Environment Department, Sao Paulo, Brazil... 

This chapter gives a brief account of the nuclear fission reaction and the most important fissile fuels. It continues with a short description of a typical nuclear power plant and outlines the characteristics of the principal reactor types proposed for nuclear power generation. It sketches the principal fuel cycles for nuclear power plants and points out the chemical engineering processes needed to make these fuel cycles feasible and economical. The chapter concludes with an outline of another process that may some day become of practical importance for the production of power the controlled fusion of light elements. The fusion process makes use of rare isotopes of hydrogen and lithium, which may be produced by isotop>e separation methods analogous to those used for materials for fission reactors. As isotope separation processes are of such importance in nuclear chemical engineering, they are discussed briefly in this chapter and in some detail in the last three chapters of this book. 

NUCLEAR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Table 1.1 Nuclear fuels ... 

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