Uranium Oxide Mass Loss Rate in Water for an Interface Under Alpha-Irradiation

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This work uses an external alpha beam to irradiate an uranium oxide/water interface and investigates the release of uranium in aerated deionized water under alpha irradiation. A high energy alpha beam delivered by a cyclotron (CERI-CNRS) goes through the oxide and emerges in the water with a 20 MeV energy. First results are reported here showing that the uranium mass loss rate increases by three orders of magnitude in aerated deionized water under high flux (≥3.3×1010 α.cm−2s−1).

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  1. CEA Saclay, DSMIDRECAM/SCM/ Laboratoire CEA de radiolyse, France

    C. Corbel, G. Sattonnay, C. Ardois & B. Hickel

  2. CEA Marcoule, DCC/DRRV/SCD/LECM, France

    J-F Lucchini & J. L. Paul

  3. CERI-CNRS, Orléans, France

    M-F Barthe

  4. CEA Grenoble, DTP/SECC, France

    F. Huet & P. Dehaudt

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  1. C. Corbel
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Corbel, C., Lucchini, JF., Sattonnay, G. et al. Uranium Oxide Mass Loss Rate in Water for an Interface Under Alpha-Irradiation. MRS Online Proceedings Library 608, 41 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-608-41

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