Corrosion of Breached Aluminide Fuel under Potential Repository Conditions.

Kaminski, M. D. ; Goldberg, M. M.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Spent fuels;    Aluminium;    Corrosion;    Radioactive waste disposal;    Spent fuel storage;   

RP-ID  :  DE2001768606

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel is proposed in a repository located in the volcanic tuff beds near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and it is the responsibility of the National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program (NSNFP) to provide the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) with information related to the release of fission products from the DOE-owned SNF resulting from SNF corrosion. Hydrologically unsaturated spent fuel tests (drip tests) are designed to simulate and monitor the release of radionuclides from the spent fuel under potential exposure conditions in the repository. Of the priority fuels being tested under the NSNFP, the aluminum-based fuels are included because of their high relative volume and uranium enrichment. The Al fuel structure is composed of fissile and aluminum powders pressed and annealed between Al plates to form thin metallic plates.