Milestone 1.2.13: Preliminary Measurements of Radiolytic Nitric Acid Formation to Support Predictive Model Validation
Predictive computational models have been developed to support the technical basis for extended dry storage of aluminum-clad spent nuclear fuel (ASNF) in helium-backfilled cannisters. To date, these models have been optimized on a variety of irradiation experiments designed to elucidate the radiation-induced formation of molecular hydrogen gas, a radiolysis product that is potentially problematic for […]
Milestone 1.2.11: H2 Production from Surrogate Non-Native Corrosion Plumes on Aluminum 6061-T6 Fuel Cladding Surrogates
Thick, localized, “non-native” corrosion plumes have been identified on Advanced Test Reactor fuel elements, raising concern on their impact on the radiolytic formation of molecular hydrogen gas (H2) from aluminum-clad spent nuclear fuel (ASNF) under proposed extended (> 50 years) dry storage conditions. Here, we report our findings on H2 generation from the gamma irradiation […]