Responding to developments within the field of British nuclear culture, this thesis uses the concept of the sociotechnical imaginary (STIM) to trace the social and cultural history of the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria between 1945 and 1990. Drawing upon oral histories of…
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The formulation and solution of a model that properly described the temperature profiles of uranium in fire conditions was prepared, verified and validated, to support a-posteriori benchmarking of historical experiments. Data from the multi-physics model combined with data regre…
Colloids have the potential to enhance the mobility of radionuclides in a range of scenarios, including legacy spent nuclear fuel storage facilities at sites such as Sellafield, UK. Some of the spent nuclear fuel stored in these facilities has corroded, resulting in the formatio…
This thesis is intended to contribute to policy analysis on nuclear energy planning, and also as a contribution to applied mathematics. From point of view of nuclear policy analysis, this thesis is not designed to offer realistic detail on nuclear engineering itself, which is of…
Radioactive contaminants, including uranium, strontium-90 and technetium-99 are present at elevated concentrations within groundwaters at several nuclear facilities around the world such as Sellafield (UK), Hanford (USA), Oak Ridge (USA) and Mayak (Russia). In-situ remediation t…
The aim of this thesis is to provide insight into the structures and properties of the uranium oxides. As UO2 is easily oxidised during the nuclear fuel cycle it is important to have a detailed understanding of the structures and properties of the oxidation products. Experimenta…
Internal Colonialism: Questioning the Soviet Union as a Settler Colonial State Through the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
The tabular sandstone-hosted uranium (U) and vanadium (V) deposits of the La Sal district form a 1-3 km wide, 30-km long belt spanning the Utah-Colorado border. They exemplify one of the principal types of U(-V) mineralization of the Paradox Basin and encompassing Colorado Plate…
The trachytic Campanian Ignimbrite was emplaced at 39.8 ka near Naples, Italy, in the largest European eruption of the past 200 ka. Many factors, including the far-reaching extent of deposits, with co-ignimbrite fallout found as far away as Russia, indicate emplacement via a dil…
Why do advanced nuclear states agree to legally forswear nuclear weapons? Many international relations studies have explored why states seek to develop nuclear weapons. Yet, the literature does not address why states would participate in multilateral nuclear arms control treatie…