Does anyone know what nuclear chemical engineering is?
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Recently, many new nuclear power projects have been launched in our country, which has given rise to the emerging field of nuclear chemical engineering. Research in this area in our country is still in its infancy, and there is no technical foundation yet. I wonder if any experts in this field have conducted research on it; I would appreciate any guidance you could provide
Nuclear chemical engineering is not a new field; Tsinghua University has been conducting research in this area for a long time. Under the leadership of the senior academicians Wang Jiading and Zhu Yongjun, a series of achievements at the world’s advanced level have been achieved; their TRPO extraction process for high-level radioactive waste is considered to be one of the two best processes in the world. Pilot testing is currently underway at the Nuclear Research Institute. Furthermore, although there are many nuclear power plants in use nowadays, the spent nuclear fuel is not actually subjected to proper reprocessing; it is simply sealed up and discarded.
“Nuclear chemical engineering is difficult, and the difficulty lies in the high radiation dose. Radiation poses many challenges to the design of nuclear chemical plants; not only does it increase the difficulty of the research involved, but more considerations are also required in the development of related equipment. ” For example, the decommissioning of nuclear facilities is not particularly complex in principle; it involves cleaning with acidic or alkaline solutions to reduce the radioactivity level, followed by dismantling the facility. The waste resulting from this process is minimized before being sent to disposal sites for final treatment. The principle is simple, but because the facilities being treated have high levels of radioactivity, operators cannot carry out the operations on-site; instead, special equipment must be developed to enable control through remote control devices. At the same time, since there is no one on site to carry out the operations, even the simplest tasks in other industries such as liquid transfer, sampling and analysis, and monitoring of process parameters must be accomplished through very special methods; it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to design nuclear chemical plants. With the development of nuclear power, the treatment of nuclear waste is receiving increasing attention, and **special programs have been established for this purpose**. “However, due to funding issues, many research tasks that should have been carried out in the past were not done, resulting in insufficient technical expertise; now that the project has started, the design documents cannot be prepared promptly. Work cannot start without the construction drawings on site; **the special funds cannot be spent. This post was last edited by jensse on 2008-12-29 08:24]
Standard facilities have high radiation levels, making them unsuitable for use; there is no advanced technology available, and no organizations are willing to invest in this area!
It’s the high pressure; the chemical plant for nuclear fission reactions, Unit 5#, keeps insisting on its point
Nuclear chemistry includes not only reprocessing but also the preliminary uranium conversion processes, which fall within the scope of nuclear chemistry.
Nuclear chemistry – perhaps it marks the transition of an era; I’ve learned something from it
I studied nuclear chemical engineering and nuclear fuel, but ended up working in a steel plant in the field of coal chemistry. .