Uranyl peroxide enhanced nuclear fuel corrosion in seawater

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1874-1877

  Armstrong, Christopher R ^a,e   Nyman, May ^b   Shvareva, Tatiana ^a   Sigmon, Ginger E ^c   Burns, Peter C ^c,d   Navrotsky, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide; Actinyl peroxide; Calorimetry; Spent fuel; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; FUEL; PEROXIDE; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANYL PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CORROSION; IONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84857126301     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1119758109     Document Type: Article

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