Radiochemical analyses of several spent fuel Approved Testing Materials
Radiochemical characterization data are described for UO{sub 2} and UO{sub 2} plus 3 wt% Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3} commercial spent nuclear fuel taken from a series of Approved Testing Materials (ATMs). These full-length nuclear fuel rods include MLA091 of ATM-103, MKP070 of ATM-104, NBD095 and NBD131 of ATM-106, and ADN0206 of ATM-108. ATMs 103, 104, and 106 were all irradiated in the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Reactor No.1), a pressurized-water reactor that used fuel fabricated by Combustion Engineering. ATM-108 was part of the same fuel bundle designed as ATM-105 and came from boiling-water reactor fuel fabricated by General Electric and irradiated in the Cooper Nuclear Power Plant. Rod average burnups and expected fission gas releases ranged from 2,400 to 3,700 GJ/kgM. (25 to 40 Mwd/kgM) and from less than 1% to greater than 10%, respectively, depending on the specific ATM. The radiochemical analyses included uranium and plutonium isotopes in the fuel, selected fission products in the fuel, fuel burnup, cesium and iodine on the inner surfaces of the cladding, {sup 14}C in the fuel and cladding, and analyses of the gases released to the rod plenum. Supporting examinations such as fuel rod design and material descriptions, power histories, and gamma scans used for sectioning diagrams are also included. These ATMs were examined as part of the Materials Characterization Center Program conducted at Pacific Northwest Laboratory provide a source of well-characterized spent fuel for testing in support of the US Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10186049
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-10113; ON: DE95000772; TRN: 94:020379
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
SPENT FUELS
RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
GADOLINIUM OXIDES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
CALVERT CLIFFS-1 REACTOR
COOPER REACTOR
FISSION PRODUCTS
IODINE 129
CARBON 14
CESIUM 135
CESIUM 137
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
IRRADIATION
URANIUM ISOTOPES
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
SELENIUM 79
STRONTIUM 90
TECHNETIUM 99
TIN 126
NEPTUNIUM 237
AMERICIUM 241
CURIUM 243
CURIUM 244
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
COMPILED DATA
052000
400702
WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROPERTIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS