MS1OOT - Treatment and Storage of Toxic and Radioactive Waste

Course specification
Course title		Treatment and Storage of Toxic and Radioactive Waste
Acronym		MS1OOT
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Biomedical and Environmental Engineering
Type of study		master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor Koviljka Stanković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition
The goal		Introduces students to the physical, technological and legal aspects of the treatment and disposal of toxic and radioactive waste.
The outcome		Prepare students for the treatment and storage of toxic and radioactive waste.
Contents
Contents of lectures		General concepts of radioactive material: type, quantity, condition. The situation in the country and abroad. Processing technology: dilution, concentration, chemical processing, ion exchange, evaporation, immobilization. Test methods for quality of solid form. Temporary storage. Permanent disposal: natural sites, engineering barriers. Disposal sites in the world. A disposal facility.
Contents of exercises		Follows the topisc covered by theoretical contents.
Literature
P. Osmokrović, S. Marković, J. Raičević: Zaštita od zračenja, skripta; (Original title) James Saling: Radioactive Waste Management, CRC, 2001. (Original title) Raymond Leroy Murray, Kristin L. Manke: Understanding Radioactive Waste, Battelle Press, 2003. (Original title) Y. S. Tang: Radioactive Waste Management, Taylor & Francis, 1990. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2
Methods of teaching		30 hours of lectures + 30 hours of auditory exercises
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	30
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	40
Projects		30
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0