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Impact of Hydrogen Overpressure on Spent Fuel Alteration Behavior in Salt Brine During a Three-Year Long Corrosion Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Andreas Loida ,
Volker Metz ,
Bernhard Kienzler  and
Horst Geckeis
Andreas Loida
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany, andreas.loida@ine.fzk.de
Volker Metz
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Bernhard Kienzler
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Horst Geckeis
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract

The corrosion of the Fe-based spent fuel containing canister produces large amounts of hydrogen, which dominate the composition of the gas phase. To quantify to what extent the hydrogen over- pressure may counteract radiolysis enhanced matrix dissolution, related experimental work has been performed. High burnup spent fuel was corroded in 5 M NaCl solution in different tests: (1) Fe ab-sence (<0.16 bar H2 overpressure), (2) Fe presence (2.8 bar H2 overpressure), (3) Fe absence, external applied H2 overpressure of 3.2 bar. In the absence of Fe, after the application of H2 overpressure the UO2 matrix dissolution rate decreased by a factor of about 10. The concentrations of U, Np, Tc in so- lution were found to be decreasing at least two orders, and ranging within the same level as in the presence of Fe powder. However, Pu and Am concentrations were less affected, due to the absence of Fe powder and the associated high sorption capacity for these radioelements.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 824: Symposium CC – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVIII , 2004 , CC2.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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