Coprecipitation may be a significant process in controlling radionuclide release during spent fuel dissolution/reprecipitation in a breached geological disposal site by water...
Keywords: Coprecipitation, UO2, Radionuclides, Solubility
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThis paper describes the effects of aqueous carbonate concentrations on the UO2 oxidation and dissolution rates under an alpha beam irradiation in a cyclotron...
Keywords: Colloids, UO2, Carbonate, Dissolution rate, Radiolysis
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA physico-chemical model developed for spent fuel alteration was integrated in a global reactive transport model of a spent fuel disposal system, considering both decaying and stable isotopes, corroded steel canisters, bentonite backfills and a clayey host-rock...
Keywords: Radioactive waste, Radiolysis, Radionuclide migration, Reactive transport, UO2
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag