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TEM Analysis of Corrosion Products From a Radioactive Stainless Steel-based Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

N.L. Dietz  and
D.D Keiser Jr.
N.L. Dietz
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID83403-2528
D.D Keiser Jr.
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID83403-2528
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Argonne National Laboratory has developed an electrometallurgical treatment process for metallic spent nuclear fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II. This process stabilizes metallic sodium and separates usable uranium from fission products and transuranic elements that are contained in the fuel. The fission products and other waste constituents are placed into two waste forms: a ceramic waste form that contains the transuranic elements and active fission products such as Cs, Sr, I and the rare earth elements, and a metal alloy waste form composed primarily of stainless steel (SS), from claddings hulls and reactor hardware, and ∼15 wt.% Zr (from the U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr alloy fuels). The metal waste form (MWF) also contains noble metal fission products (Tc, Nb, Ru, Rh, Te, Ag, Pd, Mo) and minor amounts of actinides. Both waste forms are intended for eventual disposal in a geologic repository.

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Phase Transformations
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 368 - 369
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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