Nuclear fuels are obtained from inorganic minerals extracted by mining. Nuclear fuels, such as uranium, are destroyed by a process of spontaneous disintegration, called fission, and prompted by natural radioactivity. In a man-made nuclear reactor the energy-releasing processes of disintegration, which in the natural state happen slowly over thousands of millions of years, are compressed into minutes. The release of energy is harnessed to generate steam which drives electricity generators. (Source: WRIGHT)
Studying the phenomena occurring during the irradiation of nuclear fuel improves both the safety and efficiency of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Studier av de fenomen som uppstår under bestrålning av kärnbränsle ökar både säkerheten och effektiviteten i kärnbränslecykeln.
Reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel separates plutonium and uranium from intensely radioactive fission products and other transuranic elements.
Vid upparbetning av bestrålat kärnbränsle separeras plutonium och uran från starkt radioaktiva klyvningsprodukter och övriga transurana grundämmen.EurLex-2 EurLex-2