URANIUM ENRICHMENT AND FUEL FABRICATION

For general aspects of the front end of nuclear fuel production, see Nuclear Fuel Chain.

Current Issues - Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication

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• Uranium Hexafluoride Transport
• High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU)
• Reprocessed Uranium
• Criticality accidents worldwide
• Nuclear Fuel Plant Workers
• Nuclear Fuel Plant Waste as Fertilizer
• Waste Management of Depleted Uranium

  High Interest Issues   - New Fuel Cycle Facility Projects:

  Canada   USA GE Silex Wilmington enrichm. demo plant, NC GE Hitachi Wilmington enrichm. comm. plant, NC Centrus Ports. American Centrifuge plant, OH S.America

  Europe   Africa Enrichment plant project (ZA)

  Asia Seversk MOX plant (RU) Angarsk intl. enr. center (RU) Ulba convers. plant project (KZ) Ulba-Fa nuclear fuel plant project (KZ) Nuclear Power Fuel Complex (PK) Lanzhou MOX plant (CN) Rokkasho MOX plant (JP) Australia

Industry Info - Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication

• Nuclear Fuel Production Chain · Nuclear Fuel Chain Calculators

• World Nuclear Fuel Facilities Data

• World Nuclear Fuel Maps and Data: Production Capacities
  • Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Capacity
  • Uranium Enrichment Capacity
  • Fuel Fabrication Capacity (LWR, Uranium Oxide)
  • Fuel Fabrication Capacity (LWR, MOX)
  • Fuel Fabrication Capacity (HWR)

• World Nuclear Fuel Maps and Data: Stockholdings
  • Depleted Uranium Inventory
  • Military High Enriched Uranium (HEU)
  • Civilian High Enriched Uranium (HEU)
  • Weapon-grade Plutonium
  • Separated Civilian Plutonium (in country)

• Uranium supply and demand - Slide Talk
• Nuclear Fuel Supply Calculator

• Uranium Enrichment Calculator · Uranium Enrichment Cost Optimizer
  
• JOL's Friendly Enrichment Calculator (for natural and reprocessed uranium: mass balance, concentrations of minor isotopes, cost, and optimum tails assay)

• Uranium Downblending · Uranium Downblending Calculator

• Uranium Enrichment Tails Upgrading (Re-enrichment) · Uranium Re-Enrichment / Tails Upgrading Calculator
• Re-enrichment of West European Depleted Uranium Tails in Russia (313k PDF )

Impacts - Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication

• Nuclear Fuel Production - Slide Talk
• Uranium Hexafluoride Hazards
• Radiation Exposure for Uranium Industry Workers: Conv. & Enrichment · LWR / HWR / Magnox Fuel Fab.
• Health Hazards for Nuclear Fuel Industry Workers - Science Issues
• Radiation Exposure for Uranium Industry Residents: Conv. & Enrichment
• Uranium Radiation Individual Dose Calculator
• Neutron Activation Calculator
• Alpha-Neutron Reaction Calculator
• Atomtransporte: Vom Yellow Cake bis zum Brennelement, Sept. 2010 (89k PDF - in German )

Further Information - Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication

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> See also Enrichment Waste: Depleted Uranium

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