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Open AccessCaesium and iodine release from spent mixed oxide fuels under repository relevant conditions: Initial leaching results
Autoclave leaching experiments are conducted on three well-characterised, irradiated, and cladded mixed oxide fuel-rod segments with burnups ranging from 29 GWd/tHM to 52 GWd/tHM to investigate the instant releas...
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Dissolution kinetics of synthetic LaPO4-monazite in acidic media
Single-phase monazite-type ceramics are discussed as waste forms for the safe disposal of surplus plutonium or separated minor actinides. To derive a fundamental understanding of the long-term stability of the...
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Evaluation of the long-term behavior of potential plutonium waste forms in a geological repository
Various candidate waste matrices such as nuclear waste glasses, ceramic waste forms and low-specification “storage” MOX have been considered within the current UK geological disposal program for the immobiliza...