Abstract:
DISSOLUTION OF UNIRRADIATED LMFBR(U,PU)O_2FUELZHANG SHAOQI;WEI XIUFANG;HOU XIAOLIN(China Institute of Atomic Energy,P.O. Box 275,Beijing,102413)WANG SHOUXIN;GAO YAOBIN;CHENG QINCHENG(Lan Zhou Nuclear Fuel Complex,P.O.Box 508,732850)ABSTRACT Dissolution behaviour of unirradiated LMFBR(U,Pu)O_2 fuel in HNO_3 is studied.Theeffects of HNO_3 concentration,dissolution temperature(U,Pu)O_2 pellet fabrication method(mechanical blending and AUPUC coprecipitating)and PuO_2 content on dissolution rate aredescribed in detail. The content of undissolved residues and the percentage of Pu(Ⅵ)in dis-solution solution are determined. Key words Fuel dissolution UO_2(U,Pu)O_2