SH262V Elements of the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Geological Storage in Precambrian Bedrock
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
A completed bachelor’s degree in engineering or natural sciences and documented proficiency in English corresponding to English B/English 6.
- Nuclear energy and nuclear fuel cycle primer
- Petrology and mineralogy
- Plate tectonics
- Metamorphism
- Quaternary geology
- Hydrogeology in soil
- Hydrogeology in fractured bedrock
- Hydrogeochemistry
- The KBS method
- Social aspects of storing of nuclear waste
Fieldwork and laboratory work at Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory
Upon completion of the course students are expected to be able to:
- understand environmental and radiological issues related to nuclear fuel cycle and spent nuclear fuel
- create and present a geological map of a limited area
- create and present a tectonic map of limited area
- present a 3dimensional geological presentation of the mapped area
- describe the Precambrian rocks and minerals in the mapped area
- describe the distribution of soils in the mapped area
- compile a summary of the hydrogeological conditions in the mapped area
- present the KBS method for storing nuclear waste in Precambrian rocks
- compile a summary of the social aspects of storing nuclear waste
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