Minor Actinide Bearing Fuels

Separation and transmutation of minor actinides present in spent nuclear fuel may radically change the dimension of the nuclear waste problem. “Minor Actinide Bearing Fuels” present how challenges related to separation, manufacture and irradiation performance of these highly radioactive compounds have been met in research carried out over the last two decades. The book is authored by scientists from Europe’s leading research institutes and professors teaching in nuclear engineering masters programs. The intended audience is advanced students of nuclear engineering, having already taken introductory courses in nuclear fuels and the nuclear fuel cycle.