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The Release of Cesium and the Actinides from Spent Fuel Under Unsaturated Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. A. Finn ,
J. C. Hoh ,
S. F. Wolf ,
S. A. Slater  and
J. K. Bates
P. A. Finn
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.
J. C. Hoh
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.
S. F. Wolf
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.
S. A. Slater
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.
J. K. Bates
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Tests designed to be similar to the unsaturated and oxidizing conditions expected in the candidate repository at Yucca Mountain are in progress with spent fuel at 90°C. The similarities and the differences in release behavior for 137Cs during the first 2.6 years and the actinides during the first 1.6 years of testing are presented for tests done with (1) water dripped on the fuel at a rate of 0.075 and 0.75 mL every 3.5 days and (2) in a saturated water vapor environment.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 412: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX , 1995 , 75
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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