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- Title
Modelling development of acidification within corroding sites on spent fuel surfaces.
- Authors
Qin, Z.; Cheong, W.-J.; Keech, P. G.; Wren, J. C.; Shoesmith, D. W.
- Abstract
A model has been developed to predict whether the development of acidity is feasible within actively corroding sites on spent nuclear fuel (UO2) surfaces inside a failed nuclear waste container. The model simulations demonstrate that the build-up of acidity is possible within flaws and pores in a corroded UO2 surface, providing the separation of anodes and cathodes occurs. The extent to which the pH can be depressed is determined by the dissolution rate of the fuel, the dimensions of the defect, the local redox conditions which determine the corrosion potential, and the fraction of the fuel surface that is reactive. Based on the anticipated redox conditions established radiolytically in a failed container it is shown that a suppression of the pH sufficient to accelerate dissolution (pH≤5) is very unlikely.
- Subjects
CORROSION &; anti-corrosives; NUCLEAR fuel storage; RADIOACTIVE waste storage; OXIDATION-reduction reaction; DISSOLUTION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Corrosion Engineering, Science & Technology, 2014, Vol 49, Issue 6, p583
- ISSN
1478-422X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/1743278214Y.0000000177