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When and why did Jimmy Carter ban the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel?
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1977
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What was Jimmy Carter's response to the nation's oil crisis-?
During the oil crisis in the USA there was shortage of fuel. Jimmy Carter's response was to request that the nation conserve fuel. He put on a sweater and announced on TV that he was turning his thermostat down to 55. He also got Congress to enact the Crude Oil Excess Profits Tax, actually an excess tax on crude oil.
What was a major challenge during President Carter's administration?
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How are uranium and petroleum different?
Petroleum and uranium can be used as fuels.
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What would not be considered renewable forms of energy?
Burning coal, and nuclear reactors using Pu-239
Why does reprocessing of nuclear fuel be described as a recycling programme which increases efficiency of nuclear fuel cycle?
By reprocessing spent fuel plutonium can be obtained, this can be added to uranium to make a mixed oxide fuel (MOX), so it is a form of recycling, though it is not the original U-235 that is recycled.
Can nuclear power plants make nuclear weapons?
It can produce low grade plutonium that need be extracted from the used nuclear fuel through used fuel reprocessing. However, power reactors are subject to the international nuclear safeguards to prevent its misuse.
What has the author Robert Civiak written?
Robert Civiak has written: 'Nuclear fusion power' -- subject(s): Nuclear energy, Nuclear fusion 'Breeder reactors' -- subject(s): Breeder reactors, Nuclear industry, Nuclear reactors 'Improved uranium utilization in once-through light water reactors' -- subject(s): Light water reactors, Technological innovations, Uranium as fuel 'Plutonium economics and Japan's nuclear fuel cycle policies' -- subject(s): Nuclear fuels, Plutonium, Reactor fuel reprocessing 'Economics of plutonium use in light water reactors' -- subject(s): Costs, Economic aspects of Plutonium as fuel, Economic aspects of Uranium as fuel, Light water reactors, Nuclear fuels, Plutonium as fuel, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Uranium as fuel 'Uranium enrichment' -- subject(s): Economic aspects of Nuclear energy, Nuclear energy, Uranium enrichment 'Nuclear power' -- subject(s): Nuclear energy, Technological innovations 'Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation' -- subject(s): Electric power production, Magnetohydrodynamic generation, Magnetohydrodynamics
What has the author S W Heaberlin written?
S. W Heaberlin has written: 'Criticality safety comparisons of spent fuel facility concepts' -- subject(s): Reactor fuel reprocessing, Criticality (Nuclear engineering)
What has the author T N Tiegs written?
T. N Tiegs has written: 'Postirradiation examination of recycle test elements from the Peach Bottom reactor' -- subject(s): Effect of radiation on Nuclear fuel elements, Gas cooled reactors, Nuclear fuel elements, Effect of radiation on, Reactor fuel reprocessing
Why don't we reuse spent nuclear fuel?
The reuse of spent fuel involves opening up the (spent) fuel elements and then processing the "insides" to recover unused fuel. The primary reason we don't do this is that it is extremely expensive to set up and run a facility that does this. It is generally cheaper to mine uranium out of the ground, process it to win the metal, and then enrich it to recover high percentage U-235 for use in making nuclear fuel. We might make a comparison to "simple" mining, refining and enrichment by looking at reprocessing. Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel involves exposure to highly radioactive materials. These pose a number of risks, and this means increased costs. The chemistry of reprocessing translates into costs for materials (like nitric acid to dissolve spent fuel in "step one" of the process). The end of the process leaves a stream of highly radioactive materials that need secure and long-term storage, and this does not come cheap. Though usable fuel has been recovered and reused via reprocessing, it's expensive. Reprocessing fuel is generally not as cheap as a "once through" fuel cycle where spent fuel is just pulled from the reactor after use, left sealed in the fuel elements, and then placed in long-term storage. Unless the price of uranium goes sky high, which, though possible, is unlikely.
What has the author Gordon R Thompson written?
Gordon R. Thompson has written: 'Evidence to the Windscale Inquiry on the safety assessment of nuclear fuel reprocessing, storage and ancillary activities' -- subject(s): British Nuclear Fuels, British Nuclear Fuels. Windscale and Calder Works
What has the author Vinai Kumar Bhargava written?
Vinai Kumar Bhargava has written: 'In-line analytical methods for fuel reprocessing streams' -- subject(s): Analytic Chemistry, Reactor fuel reprocessing
What has the author Raymond C Murray written?
Raymond C. Murray has written: 'Evidence from the earth' -- subject(s): Forensic geology 'Evidence from the Earth' 'Forensic geology' -- subject(s): Analysis, Forensic geology, Sediments (Geology) 'Seismic analysis of the nuclear fuel service reprocessing plant at West Valley, N.Y' -- subject(s): Reactor fuel reprocessing, Seismology
Why is nuclear reprocessing bad?
One reason is that this enables plutonium to be separated out, and so gives the opportunity to make fission bombs. If the spent fuel is stored whole then this cannot happen. Apart from this, reprocessing is a messy chemical process with many chances of radioactive arisings being leaked to the environment-we have seen this at Sellafield in the UK.
Where does nuclear waste go from a nuclear submarine?
In the United States, when a nuclear submarine has "run out of" nuclear fuel for its reactor (this takes many years), the reactor may be opened, and the spent fuel sent for reprocessing at the Naval Reactors facility at the Idaho National Laboratory. The reactor's core may then be refueled. This process can take some time, and handling the spent fuel is dangerous and requires complex procedures to prevent contamination. If the submarine is to be overhauled, or retired, the fuel is removed for reprocessing, and the reactor compartment is cut out of the submarine, sealed, and moved for disposal to the Department of Energy's Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State, where they are kept in dry storage. The submarine may be welded back together, or the sections floated, until a new compartment and reactor are installed, or the vessel is cut up for scrap. Low level radioactive waste may be handled in other ways.
What has the author W F Bonner written?
W. F Bonner has written: 'The high-level waste immobilization program' -- subject(s): Waste disposal, Radioactive waste disposal, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Nuclear facilities
