Examples of particularly interesting pages (but they are really all!)
Natural radioactivity:
http://www.laradioactivite.com/fr/site/ ... urelle.htm
Nuclear medicine used:
http://www.laradioactivite.com/fr/site/ ... leaire.htm
Defects of the RBMK of Cherno: http://www.laradioactivite.com/fr/site/ ... s_RBMK.htm
The uranium cycle:
http://www.laradioactivite.com/fr/site/ ... ranium.htm
Nuclear fuel is in France the subject of a whole cycle of operations and transformations, called the "nuclear fuel cycle". The first part - "upstream" of electricity production - involves the search for uranium deposits, mining, the concentration of uranium and its chemical conversion in the form of hexafluoride, its enrichment in isotope 235 and fuel fabrication. In "downstream" generation, the cycle includes reprocessing spent fuel, recycling of uranium and plutonium, and waste management.
Focus on spent fuel:
http://www.laradioactivite.com/fr/site/ ... esUses.htm
A ton of fuel generally stays in the reactor for three years, during which the irradiation releases a very large quantity of energy. While 238 uranium remains largely intact, 25 kg on 35 kg of initial uranium-235 fissioned. 34 kg of fission products, 10 kg of plutonium and 800g of actinides are also found. All newly formed products are highly radioactive.
Presentation of the authors:
The three authors at the origin of the site are: Christian de la Vaissière (director of research at the CNRS) who is responsible and principal author, Jeanne Laberrigue-Frolow (research director emeritus at the CNRS) and Yves Sacquin (physicist engineer at the ECA).