Rethinking the Light Water Reactor Fuel Cycle by Evgeni Shwageraus B.Sc., Nuclear Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (1997) M.Sc., Nuclear Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2001) Submitted to the Department of Nuclear Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY September 2003 Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved
Signature of Author________________________________________________________ Department of Nuclear Engineering September 8, 2003 Certified by
____________________________________________________________ Mujid S. Kazimi (thesis supervisor) TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering ____________________________________________________________ Dr. Pavel Hejzlar (thesis supervisor) Principal Research Scientist
Accepted by ____________________________________________________________ Jeffrey A. Coderre Chairman, Department Committee on Graduate Students
