An Experimental Study on the Influence of Gamma Radiation on Spent Fuel Dissolution in the Presence of a H2 Atmosphere (original) (raw)

MRS Proceedings, 2004

Abstract

Any environmental performance assessment of spent nuclear fuel disposal requires a prediction of the spent fuel matrix alteration rate when contact with groundwater is established. Taking into account the disposal design, the groundwater at the expected depth of the repository are generally reducing. These reducing redox conditions near the spent fuel surface may be changed to oxidising conditions by the radiolysis of water, due to radiation associated with the waste. This study is focussed on determining the influence of the γ radiation on the spent fuel matrix alteration rate under simulated repository conditions. A series of sequential leaching experiments under controlled conditions have been done. The experiments simulate the repository environmental conditions when engineering barriers are degraded and groundwater arrives at the surface of the spent fuel. In these experiments SIMFUEL (SIMulated FUEL) was used as analogue of spent fuel. Two types of leachant (i.e., granitic wat...

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