Due date: 8am, Friday Feb. 9th

Reading assignment: Pigford, Nuclear Chemical Engineering, Ch 5 (sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.9.1-5.9.6, 5.9.8) + Tsoufanidis, The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Chapter 2.

Assignment:

1. Add to your world map the spatial information provided in the assigned readings (Pigford 5.6-5.7 and Tsoufanidis Ch 2.4.5-2.10). The data includes: uranium resources and reserves of different recovery costs and different types, uranium mines of different kinds, uranium purification and conversion plants, uranium production, uranium mills. (note: You don’t need to do additional research than the data already provided in the readings, but you are welcome to it if you wish – it will be useful for your team project at the end of the semester. Optional useful resource: NURE Data.)
2. Problems 5.1 and 5.7 from Pigford, 2.3 and 2.5 from Tsoufanidis.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand the sources, types, and distribution of uranium natural resources.
2. Understand the ore processes of uranium exploration, mining, milling, purification, and conversion.
3. Understand the radiotoxicity of uranium ore, and of the byproducts of the processes involved in UO2 production.

Resources:

1. Projection and color reminders from Assignment 1