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Modelling the Oxidative Dissolution of UO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Fraser King ,
Miroslav Kolar  and
David W. Shoesmith
Fraser King
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
Miroslav Kolar
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
David W. Shoesmith
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

An electrochemically based model for predicting the effects of α-radiolysis, the precipitation of U(VI) corrosion products and redox processes with Fe and Fe(II) on the dissolution of UO2 is described. Various aspects of the model are presented, including: the underlying mechanism, the reaction-diffusion equations used to describe the mass transport and homogeneous reactions of the various species considered in the model, the geometrical grid used to simulate both experimental and used fuel/container geometries and the electrochemical boundary conditions used for the numerical solution of the reaction-diffusion equations. The results of preliminary simulations are also discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 556: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII , 1999 , 463
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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