Energy, Waste & the Environment

Energy, Waste & the Environment

Course Number
ENVS 644 660
Course Code
ENVS644660
Course Key
64755
Day(s)
Wednesday
Time
5:00pm-8:00pm
Instructor
Course Note
MES Foundation in Energy/MSAG elective all concetrations
Course Description
The aim of this course is to provide an incentive to use geochemical and mineralogical principles to address and solve major environmental problems. The students identify the problems that are associated with different types of waste. This course covers a wide range of problems associated with the waste arising from the generation of electricity. The main topics will be the uranium cycle, characterization of nuclear waste, and the containment and disposal of nuclear waste. Based on insights from the nuclear fuel cycle, solutions are presented that diminish the environmental impacts of coal and biomass combustion products, incineration of municipal solid waste, toxic waste due to refuse incineration, and landfills and landfill gases.
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