This chapter presents a discussion on the use of uranium fission reactor fuel. The discussion proceeds from uranium mining to its conversion and enrichment and eventually to fuel fabrication, cladding, and fuel pin construction. Uranium sources are also included as well as management of spent nuclear fuel and fuel life cycle analysis.

Inspec keywords: fission of uranium; radioactive waste processing; fission reactor fuel claddings; fission reactor fuel preparation; fission reactor fuel reprocessing

Other keywords: fuel life cycle analysis; uranium sources; fission reactor fuel fabrication; uranium conversion; uranium mining; fission reactor fuel pin construction; spent nuclear fuel management; uranium enrichment; fission reactor fuel cladding

Subjects: Fission reactor fuel preparation and reprocessing