Rare earth metals and their alloys have been widely applied as advanced functional materials in numerous industrial fields due to their specific functional prop
The great earthquake of magnitude 9 and the later tsunami on March 11, 2011 gave very serious damages to the East Japan area.About nuclear power plants of the E
Fast breeder reactors (FBR) nuclear fuel cycle is needed for long-term nuclear sustainability while preventing global warming and maximum utilizing the limited
The reprocessing of nuclear fuels today aims primarily to recycle lanthanides and actinides.Main objectives for future reactor systems are an effective fuel uti
In the IAEA "Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power", the importance of nuclear safety, security, and safeguards/nonpr
The worldwide nuclear energy development including China after Fukushima nuclear accident is briefly viewed.The international general trend of fuel cycle for su
As we project into the future it is clear that the demand for energy, and especially clean energy, will rise.Concerns about rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere
Pyroprocessing technology has been actively developed at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to meet the necessity of addressing spent fuel managemen
Radiochemistry is a discipline that explores chemical and nuclear properties of elements and their isotopes.Within radiochemistry technetium and the actinides e