Investigating Uranium Corrosion in Magnesium-containing Sludge Using X-ray Tomography - 20042
- Interface Analysis Centre, School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL (United Kingdom)
One of the current primary concerns within the British nuclear community is the decommissioning of legacy storage ponds in Sellafield Cumbria, where nuclear fuel cladding material (a Mg-Al alloy) resides along with fuel metallic swarf. Corrosion of the immersed metallic elements, which has been occurring over the storage period, has resulted in the formation of what is commonly known as Corroded Magnox Sludge. The behaviour of uranium metal within this particular environment and, more significantly, the identity of the corrosion products that may have formed is currently unknown. The present study attempts to shed some light on these aspects by investigating simplified surrogate systems, mimicking storage ponds. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23030340
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--21-WM-20042
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CLADDING
CORROSION
CORROSION PRODUCTS
DECOMMISSIONING
MAGNESIUM
MAGNOX
NUCLEAR FUELS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT
SLUDGES
TOMOGRAPHY
UNITED KINGDOM
URANIUM
X RADIATION