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Instant release fractions for 14C, 60Co, and 125Sb from irradiated Zircaloy oxide film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2019

Tomofumi Sakuragi  and
Yu Yamashita
Tomofumi Sakuragi*
Affiliation:
Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center, Akashicho 6-4, Chuo city, Tokyo, 104-0044, Japan
Yu Yamashita
Affiliation:
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Ukishimacho 4-1, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki city, 210-0862, Japan
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*Email: sakuragi@rwmc.or.jp
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Abstract

The oxide films formed on spent fuel claddings are regarded as a potential source of the instantaneous release of radionuclides, such as 14C, after waste disposal. We investigated the instant release fraction using the irradiated oxide exfoliated from a Zircaloy-2 water rod, whose bundle burnup was 53.0 GWd/MTU. We performed a rapid leaching test in a dilute NaOH solution (pH of 12.5) for 10 min in an ultrasonic bath to ensure the release of radionuclides. The activity ratios of the leached amount to the total amount for 14C, 60Co, and 125Sb were extremely low at approximately 10-4 to 10-3, among which the maximum value was 2.65 × 10-3 for 125Sb. These ratios were higher than that predicted from the thermodynamic solubility of ZrO2, i.e., less than 10-6. However, given the low ratios, it is too conservative to regard the inventory of all radionuclides in the Zircaloy oxide as instantaneous release. A small part of the released 14C was found as volatile species.

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Zroxidenuclear materialswaste management
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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 1-2: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XLIII , 2020 , pp. 9 - 17
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019

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