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Microgravimetric Corrosion Studies on UO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Detlef H. Wegen
Affiliation:
European Commission, JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
T. Gouder
Affiliation:
European Commission, JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
M. Eckle
Affiliation:
European Commission, JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
T. Wiss
Affiliation:
European Commission, JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
J.-P. Glatz
Affiliation:
European Commission, JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract

For the first time at ITU electrochemical quartz crystal micro-balance has been used for the investigation of UO2 thin film oxidation. The combination of cyclic voltammetry with nano-gram weight change measurements in-situ has shown at least two steps in the initial stages of UO2 dissolution under oxidising conditions relevant to spent fuel storage.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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