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Physico-chemical characterization of a spent UO2 fuel with respect to its stability under final disposal conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2014

Ernesto González-Robles ,
Detlef H. Wegen ,
Elke Bohnert ,
Dimitrios Papaioannou ,
Nikolaus Müller ,
Ramil Nasyrow ,
Bernhard Kienzler  and
Volker Metz
Ernesto González-Robles
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Detlef H. Wegen
Affiliation:
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
Elke Bohnert
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Dimitrios Papaioannou
Affiliation:
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
Nikolaus Müller
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Ramil Nasyrow
Affiliation:
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
Bernhard Kienzler
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Volker Metz
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Abstract

Two adjacent fuel rod segments were irradiated in a pressurized water reactor achieving an average burn-up of 50.4 GWd/tHM. A physico-chemical characterisation of the high burn-up fuel rod segments was performed, to determine properties relevant to the stability of the spent nuclear fuel under final disposal conditions. No damage of the cladding was observed by means of visual examination and γ-scanning. The maximal oxide layer thickness was 45 µm. The relative fission gas release was determined to be (8.35 ± 0.66) %. Finally, a rim thickness of 83.7 µm and a rim porosity of about 20% were derived from characterisation of the cladded pellets.

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nuclear materialsUgeologic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1665: Symposium NW – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXVII , 2014 , pp. 283 - 289
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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