Corrosion of high burn-up structured UO2 fuel in presence of dissolved H-2
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2009

The influence of high burn-up structured material on UO2 corrosion has been studied in an autoclave experiment. The experiment was conducted on spent fuel fragments with an average burn-up of 67 GWd/tHM. They were corroded in a simplified groundwater containing 33 mM dissolved H-2 for 502 days. All redox sensitive elements were reduced. The reduction continued until a steady-state concentration was reached in the leachate for U at 1.5 x 10(-10) M and for Pu at 7 x 10(-11) M. The instant release of Cs during the first 7 days was determined to 3.4% of the total inventory. However, the Cs release stopped after release of 3.5%. It was shown that the high burn-up structure did not enhance fuel corrosion. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

release

spent fuel

condition

radionuclide

High burn-up

rim

acidity

simfuel

solubility

near-field hydrogen

Hydrogen

Groundwater

product deposits

HBS

Spent nuclear fuel

microstructure changes

Corrosion

Reducing

Irradiated

irradiation

Författare

Patrik Fors

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

P. Carbol

Europeiska kommissionen (EU)

S. Van Winckel

Europeiska kommissionen (EU)

Kastriot Spahiu

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Journal of Nuclear Materials

0022-3115 (ISSN)

Vol. 394 1 1-8

DOI

10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.07.004

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