On the Impact of the Fuel Dissolution Rate Upon Near-Field Releases From Nuclear Waste Disposal

Calculations of the impact of the dissolution of spent nuclear fuel on the release from a damaged canister in a KBS-3 repository are presented. The dissolution of the fuel matrix is a complex process and the dissolution rate is known to be one of the most important parameters in performance assessme...

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Main Author: A Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Multi-Science Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Multiphysics
Online Access:http://journal.multiphysics.org/index.php/IJM/article/view/163