Published October 2018 | Version v1
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Characterisation and heat treatment of chloride-contaminated and humidified PuO2 samples

Creators

  • 1. School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352 (United States)
  • 3. Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Seascale, CA20 1PG (United Kingdom)

Description

Highlights: • The first reported experimental study of plutonium dioxide powders contaminated with hydrogen chloride. • Stabilisation of PuO2 by thermal treatment – desorption of water and chloride. • Scanning Electron Microscope images of PuO2 powders. • Lattice parameter and crystallite size measurements of PuO2 samples by Powder X-ray diffraction. • Underpinning a new treatment plant design at Sellafield to stabilise legacy plutonium materials for safe long term storage.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.07.031

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.07.031;
PII
S0022311518300369;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
509
Journal Page Range
p. 654-666
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49103251
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
HEAT TREATMENTS; HYDROGEN CHLORIDES; LATTICE PARAMETERS; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN HALIDES; MICROSCOPY; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; SCATTERING; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS

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