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Uranium Oxide Mass Loss Rate in Water for an Interface Under Alpha-Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

C. Corbel ,
J-F Lucchini ,
G. Sattonnay ,
M-F Barthe ,
F. Huet ,
P. Dehaudt ,
C. Ardois ,
B. Hickel  and
J.L. Paul
C. Corbel
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSMIDRECAM/SCM/ Laboratoire CEA de radiolyse
J-F Lucchini
Affiliation:
CEA Marcoule, DCC/DRRV/SCD/LECM
G. Sattonnay
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSMIDRECAM/SCM/ Laboratoire CEA de radiolyse
M-F Barthe
Affiliation:
CERI-CNRS, Orléans
F. Huet
Affiliation:
CEA Grenoble, DTP/SECC
P. Dehaudt
Affiliation:
CEA Grenoble, DTP/SECC
C. Ardois
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSMIDRECAM/SCM/ Laboratoire CEA de radiolyse
B. Hickel
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSMIDRECAM/SCM/ Laboratoire CEA de radiolyse
J.L. Paul
Affiliation:
CEA Marcoule, DCC/DRRV/SCD/LECM
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Abstract

This work uses an external alpha beam to irradiate an uranium oxide/water interface and investigates the release of uranium in aerated deionized water under alpha irradiation. A high energy alpha beam delivered by a cyclotron (CERI-CNRS) goes through the oxide and emerges in the water with a 20 MeV energy. First results are reported here showing that the uranium mass loss rate increases by three orders of magnitude in aerated deionized water under high flux (≥3.3×1010 α.cm−2s−1).

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 608: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII , 1999 , 41
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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