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Open AccessCharacterisation of high burnup spent mixed oxide fuel after leaching at hyperalkaline pH in a reducing environment
Microstructural investigations of a Zircaloy-4 clad mixed oxide fuel rod segment with a burnup of 50.3 GWd/tHM after exposure to a synthetic young cementitious water at a hyperalkaline pH of 13.7(2) under reducin...
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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...