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Corrosion of Nuclear Fuel Inside a Failed Copper Nuclear Waste Container

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2011

Michael Broczkowski ,
Jonathan S Goldik ,
Billy G Santos ,
James J Noel  and
David Shoesmith
Michael Broczkowski
Affiliation:
mbroczko@uwo.ca, University of Western Ontario, London,ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
Jonathan S Goldik
Affiliation:
jsgoldik@uwo.ca, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
Billy G Santos
Affiliation:
bgsantos@uwo.ca, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
James J Noel
Affiliation:
jjnoel@uwo.ca, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
David Shoesmith
Affiliation:
dwshoesm@uwo.ca, University of Western Ontario, Chemistry, Chemistry Building, London, N6A 5B7, Canada
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Abstract

Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization has recommended to the Canadian federal government an adaptive phased management approach to the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. This approach includes isolation in a deep geologic repository. In such a repository, the fuel would be sealed inside a carbon steel-lined copper container. To assist the development of performance assessment models studies of fuel behaviour inside a failed waste container are underway. Using an iterative modeling and experimental approach, the important features and processes that determine fuel behaviour have been identified and studied. These features and processes are discussed and the results of studies to elucidate specific mechanisms and determine important parameter values summarized.

Keywords

waste managementcorrosionkinetics
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 985: Symposium NN – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXX , 2006 , 0985-NN01-01
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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