Ten-year results from unsaturated drip tests with UO2 at 90°C: Implications for the corrosion of spent nuclear fuel

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-95

  Wronkiewicz, David J ^a   Bates, John K ^a   Wolf, Stephen F ^a   Buck, Edgar C ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; FISSION PRODUCTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROUNDWATER; NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICATES; SOLUBILITY; SPENT FUELS;

ALKALI EARTH URANYL SILICATES; ALKALINE EARTH URANYL SILICATES; UNSATURATED DRIP TESTS;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030565953     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(96)00383-2     Document Type: Article

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