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Title

  • Main Title Results from long-term dissolution tests using oxidized spent fuel

Creator

  • Author: Wilson, C. N.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: DOE/RW

Publisher

  • Name: Pacific Northwest Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Richland, Washington
    Additional Info: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

Date

  • Creation: 1990-11-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Two semi-static dissolution tests using oxidized PWR spent fuel specimens are being conducted under ambient hot cell conditions in Nevada Test Site J-13 well water and unsealed fused silica vessels. The test specimens were oxidized at 250{degree}C in air to bulk oxygen-to-metal (O/M) values of 2.21 and 2.33. Following an initial 191-day test cycle, the specimens were restarted in fresh J-13 water for a second long-term test cycle. Results through the first 40 months of Cycle 2 are compared with results from similar tests at 25{degree}C and 85{degree}C using unoxidized spent fuel specimens. Increased concentrations of U, Am, Cm and NP were measured in 0.4-{mu}m filtered samples from the oxidized fuel tests compared to the unoxidized fuel tested at 25{degree}C; Pu concentrations were not affected by the fuel oxidation state. Most of the Am and Cm, and a portion of the Pu, measured in 0.4-{mu}m filtered samples was removed by 2-nm filtration. Fission product release results were normalized to specimen inventories and reported as fractional release. No attempt was made to normalize the data to surface area. Initial {sup 99}Tc release was greatly increased, and prolonged increases in the fractional release rates of {sup 99}Tc and {sup 129}I occurred as a result of fuel oxidation. Fractional release rates for {sup 137}Cs and {sup 90}Sr from oxidized fuel eventually decreased to levels similar to those observed with unoxidized fuel after equivalent testing times, suggesting that matrix dissolution rates normalized to fuel mass were not increased as a result of oxidation. 6 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.
  • Physical Description: 9 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Fuels
  • Keyword: Elements
  • Keyword: Chemical Reactions
  • Keyword: Radioactive Waste Storage
  • Keyword: Waste Storage
  • Keyword: Oxidation
  • STI Subject Categories: 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials
  • STI Subject Categories: 210200 -- Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Nonboiling Water Cooled
  • STI Subject Categories: 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants
  • Keyword: Water Cooled Reactors
  • Keyword: Materials
  • Keyword: Reactor Materials
  • Keyword: Fission Product Release
  • Keyword: Reactors
  • Keyword: Actinides
  • STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
  • Keyword: Dissolution
  • Keyword: Metals
  • Keyword: Pwr Type Reactors
  • Keyword: Nuclear Fuels
  • Keyword: Water Moderated Reactors 052002* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Disposal & Storage
  • Keyword: Quantity Ratio
  • Keyword: Management
  • Keyword: Storage
  • Keyword: Energy Sources
  • Keyword: Waste Management
  • Keyword: Spent Fuels
  • STI Subject Categories: 050800 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing

Source

  • Conference: 14. nuclear waste management conference, Boston, MA (USA), 26-29 Nov 1990

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE91005177
  • Report No.: PNL-SA-18263
  • Report No.: CONF-9011116--5
  • Grant Number: AC06-76RL01830
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 6421482
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1206880

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI; NTIS; GPO Dep.
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