Meet the editor

Dr. Nasser Awwad received his Ph.D. in inorganic and radiochemistry in 2000 from Ain Shams University and his Ph.D. at Sandia National Labs, New Mexico, USA, 2004. Nasser Awwad was an Associate Professor of Radiochemistry in 2006 and Professor of Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 2011. He has been a Professor at King Khalid University, Abha, KSA, from 2011 until now. He has published two chapters in the following books "Nat-

ural Gas - Extraction to End Use" and "Advances in Petrochemicals". Pro Awwad has edited four books (Uranium, New trends in Nuclear Sciences, Lanthanides, and Nuclear Power Plants) and he has co-edited two books ("Chemistry and Technology of Natural and Synthetic Dyes and Pigments" and "Chromatography - Separation, Identification, and Purification Analysis"). He has also published 95 papers in ISI journals. He has supervised 4 Ph.D. and 18 MSc students in the field of radioactive and wastewater treatment. He has participated in 26 international conferences in South Korea, the USA, Lebanon, KSA, and Egypt. He has reviewed 2 Ph.D. and 13 MSc theses. He participated in 6 big projects with KACST at KSA and Sandia National Labs in the USA. He is a member of the Arab Society of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine. He is a permanent member of the American Chemical Society, and a rapporteur of the Permanent Committee for Nuclear and Radiological Protection at KKU. He is Head of the Scientific Research and International Cooperation Unit, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Nasser S. Awwad*

*by Akbar Abbasi*

*by Victor Kozlov*

*by Yasuo Hirose*

**Section 2**

Nuclear Fuel Transmutation

Nuclear Power Plant or Solar Power Plant

Reduced Radiotoxicity of Nuclear Wastes

at the Angra 2 Nuclear Plant, Brazil

*by Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan and Farzaneh Ghasemzadeh*

**Preface III**

Nuclear and Solar Energy **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Introductory Chapter: From the Cradle to the Grave for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 43** Does Russia Have the Possibilities to Diversify Its Export Potential to Manage

**Chapter 5 57**

Nuclear Power Plant **87**

**Chapter 6 89**

**Chapter 7 105**

the Power Engineering (For Example, Nuclear Power Development)?

Fast-Spectrum Fluoride Molten Salt Reactor (FFMSR) with Ultimately

Calculation of the Dose for Public Individuals Due to a Severe Accident

*by André Silva de Aguiar, Seung Min Lee and Gaianê Sabundjian*

*by Valeriu Savu, Mădălin Ion Rusu and Dan Savastru*

Optimization of Cosmic Radiation Detection in Saline Environment

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Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantification of Neutronic Integral Data Using ENDF/B-VII.1 and JENDL-4.0 Evaluations *by Mustapha Makhloul, H. Boukhal, T. El Bardouni, E. Chakir, M. Kaddour and S. Elouahdani*

Preface

This book focuses on the hot topics related to nuclear power plants. The first of these hot topics is how to use nuclear power plants to generate electric energy using nuclear fuel such as Uranium Oxide (UOX). The second hot topic provides an advanced level of understanding of the complete fuel cycle by following nuclear fuel from its origin and fabrication, through its stay in the reactor with all alterations induced there, and ending with reprocessing options and waste management issues for the spent nuclear fuel. In other words; "Nuclear Power Plants - Processes in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle". Moreover, this book covers radiation protection issues throughout the nuclear fuel cycle. There are two types of radiation sources: naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM), which are considered a raw material in the nuclear industry. Safety issues in nuclear power plants and radioactive wastes will be discussed. In addition, the future of nuclear power, nuclear fuel, uranium, and the advantages of nuclear energy will be covered. In addition, the reader of the book will find the answer to the important question, is

**Nasser S. Awwad, Ph.D.**

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University,

Saudi Arabia

Professor of Inorganic and Radiochemistry,

nuclear energy a renewable or nonrenewable source?
