Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering

JAI has extensive experience in the design and engineering, operation and management of activities involved in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle.

JAI and its staff have had extensive experience in the design and engineering, operation, and management of commercial and government activities involved in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle, including mining and milling of uranium and thorium ores, conversion of uranium concentrates to UF6, fuel fabrication (for light water reactors, gas-cooled reactors, breeder reactors, Naval and Maritime propulsion reactors, and test reactors), unirradiated scrap recovery and utilization, irradiation processing, spent fuel storage and reprocessing, and radioactive waste management. Both the firm and its staff are experienced in processes involved with thorium, all enrichments of uranium, U-233, and plutonium.

Included in the services that JAI offers in connection with nuclear fuel cycle and by-product activities are:

• PROCESS DESIGN
• Refining of uranium & thorium ores
• Uranium conversion
• Fuel fabrication (including MOX)
• Spent fuel reprocessing
• Spent fuel and high level waste storage
• Spent fuel and high level waste disposal
• Low level waste treatment & disposal
• Preparation of uranium, plutonium and thorium compounds, metals & alloys
• Development of process and product specifications
• FACILITY DESIGN
• Conceptual design and layout of processing & storage facilities
• Estimates of capital & operating costs
• Development of equipment specifications
• Tradeoff studies
• DESIGN REVIEWS AND EVALUATIONS