Items for "Nuclear reactor containment"

Study of RuO₄ decomposition in dry and moist air

During a hypothetical severe nuclear accident on a pressurized water reactor (PWR), it is of primary importance to assess potential radionuclide release into the environment, and thus to better understand the volatile ruthenium tetroxide stability, in the containment building, due to its high radiotoxicity...

Keywords: Ruthenium tetroxide, Ruthenium dioxide, Decomposition, Nuclear reactor containment, Severe accident