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Effect of thermal conductivity degradation on the behavior of high burnup $UO_2$ fuel

  • Lee, Byung-Ho;Koo, Yang-Hyun;Sohn, Dong-Seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.05c
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    • pp.265-270
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    • 1996

  • The temperature distribution in the pellet was obtained from beginning the general heat conduction equation. The thermal conductivity of pellet used the SIMFUEL data that made clear the effect of burnup on the thermal conductivity degradation. Since the pellet rim acts as the thermal barrier to heat flow. the pellet was subdivided into several rings in which the outer ring was adjusted to play almost the same role as the rim. The local burup in each ring except the outer ring was calculated from the power depression factor based on FASER results. whereas the rim burnup at the outer ring was achieved by the pellet averaged burnup based on the empirical relation. The rim changed to the equivalent Xe film so the predicted temperature shooed the thermal jump across the rim. The observed temperature profiles depended on linear heat generation rate. fuel burnup. and power depression factor. The thermal conductivity degradation modelling can be applied to the fuel performance code to high burnup fuel,

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Direct Determination of Molybdenum in Simulated Nuclear Spent Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (유도결합플라스마 원자방출분광법을 이용한 모의 사용후핵연료 중 몰리브덴 분석)

  • Choi, Kwang Soon;Lee, Chang Heon;Park, Soon Dal;Park, Yang Soon;Joe, Kih Soo
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.291-296
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    • 2000

  • The SIMFUEL which composition is similar to PWR nuclear spent fuels was dissolved with a acid digestion bomb. An analytical conditions of ICP-AES for the direct determination of molybdenum in the uranium matrices without separation process were investigated. Based on the effect of uranium on molybdenum intensity. the most optimum wavelengths of molybdenum were found to be 202.030 and 203.844 nm. However, the method of standard additions is applied to overcome the effects of changing background caused by analyzing the sample solutions containing high concentration of uranium and the standard calibration solutions. The relative error of two methods, direct and indirect measurements with cation exchange resin separation procedures, was less than 5%. Therefore it was possible for this procedure to directly measure molybdenum in uranium matrices without separation. And this method was also applied to the determination of several percent of molybdenum in a U-Mo alloy.

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A Study on the Dissolution and Separation for the Quantitative Analysis of Iodide in Spent Nuclear Fuel (사용후핵연료중의 미량 요오드 정량을 위한 용해 및 분리 연구)

  • Choi, Ke Chon;Lee, Chang Heon;Song, Byang Chol;Park, Yang Soon;Jee, Kwang Yong;Kim, Won Ho
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.751-758
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    • 2000

  • A study was carried out on the dissolution of spent PWR fuels and performed on the fuels and the separation of iodide for the quantitative analysis using SIMFUEL which has chemical composition of a simulated spent PWR fuel (burn-up; 35,000 MWd/MTU and cooling time; 10 years). To dissolve the SIMFUEL effectively and to minimize the formation of volatile iodine through dissolution process, the optimum ratio of mixed acid ($HNO_3/HCl$ 80: 20 mol%) was established and ozone gas was purged. In the separation step of iodine with $CCl_4$, $NH_2OH{\cdot}HCl$ was used for reducing ${IO_3}^-$ to $I_2$.The optimum acidity of the dissolved solution and the added of $NH_2OH{\cdot}HCl$ were 2.5 M and more than $1.5{\times}10^{-3}mole$, respectively. The recovery of iodide by ion chromatography was $82.8{\pm}4.1%$ and the total yield was corrected by gamma spectrometery using $^{131}I$ as a tracer.

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Microstructural Properties of the Insoluble Residue in a Simulated Spent Fuel

  • Kim, J.S.;Song, B.C.;Jee, K.Y.;Kim, J.G.;Chun, K.S.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.99-111
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    • 1998

  • Chemical composition of the insoluble residue in a simulated spent PWR fuel(SIMRJEL) were studied. SIMFUELS were prepared by adding calculated amount of FP(fission product) elements with a burnup of 3.6% FIMA(fission per initial metal atom) to uranium in nitrate solution, evaporating the mixed solution to dryness, calcining at 90$0^{\circ}C$ in a stream of 4% H$_2$ + 96% He, and heating the pellet at 140$0^{\circ}C$ under high and low oxygen potentials. Insoluble residue was obtained from the dissolution of the SIMFUEL with HNO$_3$(1 : 1). The chemical composition of the SIMFUELs and the insoluble residues was determined by EPMA(electron probe microanalysis), XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and by XRD (X-ray diffraction) measurements. All of the insoluble residues suspended and precipitated were composed mainly of Mo, Ru with a small amount of Zr, Rh, Pd and Cd. The amount of insoluble residue(<1 wt.%) and a Mo/Ru ratio decreased with increasing oxygen potential. Formation of the zirconium molybdate precipitate, ZrMo$_2$O$_{7}$(OH)$_2$($H_2O$)$_2$, was observed in the residues. The possible role of Mo on the phase formation was discussed in regard to oxygen potential.l.

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