Advanced Separation Techniques for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste Treatment: Preface

A short preface is given to introduce the subject matter of the book titled Advanced Separation Techniques for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste Treatment. The subject matter of this book is the separation science and technology underlying the efforts to manage irradiated nuclear fuel, including progress towards achieving a closed fuel cycle. The book is organized into two parts. The first part is aimed at providing fundamental scientific and engineering information related to nuclear fuel cycle separations. The second part is devoted to describing specific technological solutions that are being pursued in the development of advanced nuclear fuel cycles.