Thermal Processing of Chloride-Contaminated Plutonium Dioxide.


Journal

ACS omega
ISSN: 2470-1343
Titre abrégé: ACS Omega
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101691658

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
31 Jul 2019
Historique:
received: 14 03 2019
accepted: 28 06 2019
entrez: 29 8 2019
pubmed: 29 8 2019
medline: 29 8 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Over 80 heat treatment experiments have been made on samples of chloride-contaminated plutonium dioxide retrieved from two packages in storage at Sellafield. These packages dated from 1974 and 1980 and were produced in a batch process by conversion of plutonium oxalate in a furnace at around 550 °C. The storage package contained a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) bag between the screw top inner and outer metal cans. Degradation of the PVC has led to adsorption of hydrogen chloride together with other atmospheric gases onto the PuO

Identifiants

pubmed: 31460372
doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00719
pmc: PMC6682108
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

12524-12536

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

Références

Science. 2000 Jan 14;287(5451):285-7
pubmed: 10634778
Inorg Chem. 2017 Jan 17;56(2):791-801
pubmed: 28033000

Auteurs

Kevin Webb (K)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Robin Taylor (R)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Catherine Campbell (C)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Michael Carrott (M)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Colin Gregson (C)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Jeff Hobbs (J)

Sellafield Ltd., Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Francis Livens (F)

School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.

Chris Maher (C)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Robin Orr (R)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Howard Sims (H)

Central Laboratory, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Helen Steele (H)

Sellafield Ltd., Sellafield, Seascale CA20 1PG, U.K.

Sophie Sutherland-Harper (S)

School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.

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