Nuclear fuel and waste generated in nuclear power industry

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Course ID:	1200-1ENPALJADW6
Erasmus code / ISCED:	13.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Nuclear fuel and waste generated in nuclear power industry
Name in Polish:	Paliwo jądrowe i odpady powstające w energetyce jądrowej
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Chemistry
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Elective lecture for students enrolled in the Nuclear Chemistry and Energetics Program.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The lecture is focused on the chemical aspects of production, reprocessing disposal and storage of nuclear fuel.
Full description:	The lecture is devoted to present: - chemical aspects of uranium mining, milling, - U enrichment, - fabrication and composition of nuclear fuel, - chemistry of normally operated reactor, - burnup of nuclear fuel, - composition of spent nuclear fuel, - SNF reprocessing (PUREX, UREX, DIANEX, THUREX, SANEX, electrochem. separation), - nuclear waste disposal and storage
Bibliography:	1. P.D. Wilson (ed.), The nuclear fuel cycle. From ore to waste, Oxford, 1996 2. W. Loveland, D.J. Morrissey, G.T. Seaborg, Modern nuclear Chemistry, Wiley, 2005
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge and skills: - description of uranium cycle from ore to waste - methods of UF6 enrichment - sources of nuclear waste produced at every stage of nuclear fuel cycle - spent nuclear fuel reprocessing storage and disposal - advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Test. Minimum 50%. 50-60%: 3 61%-70: 3,5 71%-80%: 4 81%-90%: 4,5 91%-100%: 5
Practical placement:	-

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