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Predicting Amounts of Radiolytically Produced Species in Brine Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

S. A. Simonson
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99352
W. L. Kuhn
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99352
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Abstract

The corrosion of iron overpack materials for nuclear waste forms in salt is highly dependent upon the species produced by the radiolysis of brines which may contact the metal. A computer code has been developed to predict the concentrations of the radiolytically produced species as a function of time using published values for radiation yields of species, chemical reaction rate constants, and parameters derived from experimental evidence.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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