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Corrosion Tests of Lwr Fuels – Nuclide Release

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Patricia A. Finn ,
Yifen Tsai  and
James C. Cunnane
Patricia A. Finn
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439
Yifen Tsai
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439
James C. Cunnane
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439
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Abstract

Two high burnup BWR fuels [64 and 71 (MWd)/kgU], one of which contained 2% Gd, and two low burnup PWR fuels [30 and 45 (MWd)/kgU], are tested by dripping groundwater on the fuel under oxidizing and hydrologically unsaturated conditions for 2.4 and 8.2 yr, respectively, at 90°C. The 99Tc, 129I, 137Cs, 97Mo, and 90Sr releases are presented to show the effects of reaction time and of gadolinium (Gd) on nuclide release. For the PWR fuels, the five nuclides have similar fractional release rates at 8.2 yr. For the BWR fuels, the presence of 2% Gd reduced the 99Tc cumulative release fraction after 2.4 yr by about an order of magnitude from that of a fuel with a similar burnup but without added Gd.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 713: Symposium JJ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV , 2002 , JJ14.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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