Characterization, Properties and Methods of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Dr. Anders Sjöland is the Co-Ordinator of Spent Fuel at the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management. He is also the Chairman of the Swedish SKB Nuclear Fuel Forum and recent Executive Secretary for the Research and Development Council in Sweden. Dr. Sjöland obtained his Master of Science and Engineering from Lund Institute of Technology, his ‘Licentiate’ degree in Nuclear Physics from Lund Institute of Technology, and then became a Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Physics 2 years later.

1. Introduction 2 .The back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle 3. Characterization 4. Calorimetric measurements 5. Indirect determination methods 6. Calculation by codes 7. The radiation field from spent nuclear fuel 8. Uncertainty analysis for characterization of spent nuclear fuel 9. Conservatisms and margin 10. Needs and requirements for different parts of the back-end 11. Detectors 12. Data acquisition 13. Decision making 14. International safeguards verification 15. Fuel information: data and history 16. Codes 17. Nuclear data 18. Fuel integrity 19. Nuclear fuel dissolution