Productive Use of Nuclear Spent Fuel
Date: April 16, 2014 at 6:30PM The Seminar will discuss on how we can burn our used fuel waste in a fast neutron reactor to make energy. The presentation is one hour long followed by a Q&A period and will provide information from OSPE’s energy advocacy studies, including: • The CANDU and PWR (open) fuel cycles in Canada and USA • Spent fuel properties of current CANDU and PWR reactors • Usable components of used fuel and how they can be extracted • The difference between thermal and fast neutron reactors • Difference between thorium and uranium fast neutron reactors • Reducing life time and radio-toxicity of used fuel • Advantages of reprocessing used fuel to generate energy If you are having trouble registering online using the form below, please contact our Vice Chair at Raihan Khondker, P.Eng. to register. |
Past Events >