Interactions between nuclear fuel and water at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-219

  Grambow, Bernd ^a   Poinssot, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Corium; Environmental impact; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; Radionuclide release; Radiotoxicity; Spent fuel

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; MELTING; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR CORES; SPENT FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCALOY;

CORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; LONG-TERM INTERACTION; RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE; RADIOTOXICITY; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; VOLATILE FISSION PRODUCTS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84862890097     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.3.213     Document Type: Article

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