Radiation induced dissolution of (U, Gd)O2 pellets in aqueous solution – A comparison to standard UO2 pellets

Authors :: Mats Jonsson
Alexandre Barreiro Fidalgo
Source :: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 514:216-223
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2019.
Abstract: The behavior of spent nuclear fuel exposed to groundwater is crucial in the safety assessment of a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. For this reason, leaching experiments on spent ...

Subjects :: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Aqueous solution
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Waste management
Pellets
Deep geological repository
Environmental science
General Materials Science
Radiation induced
Leaching (metallurgy)
Dissolution
Groundwater
Spent nuclear fuel

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