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Management of Radioactive Waste Containing Graphite: Overview of Methods

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  • Leon Fuks

    (Centre for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna, 03-161 Warszawa, Poland)

  • Irena Herdzik-Koniecko

    (Centre for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna, 03-161 Warszawa, Poland)

  • Katarzyna Kiegiel

    (Centre for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna, 03-161 Warszawa, Poland)

  • Grazyna Zakrzewska-Koltuniewicz

    (Centre for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna, 03-161 Warszawa, Poland)

Abstract

Since the beginning of the nuclear industry, graphite has been widely used as a moderator and reflector of neutrons in nuclear power reactors. Some reactors are relatively old and have already been shut down. As a result, a large amount of irradiated graphite has been generated. Although several thousand papers in the International Nuclear Information Service (INIS) database have discussed the management of radioactive waste containing graphite, knowledge of this problem is not common. The aim of the paper is to present the current status of the methods used in different countries to manage graphite-containing radioactive waste. Attention has been paid to the methods of handling spent TRISO fuel after its discharge from high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR) reactors.

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  • Leon Fuks & Irena Herdzik-Koniecko & Katarzyna Kiegiel & Grazyna Zakrzewska-Koltuniewicz, 2020. "Management of Radioactive Waste Containing Graphite: Overview of Methods," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-19, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:18:p:4638-:d:409873
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    1. Bader Alshuraiaan & Sergey Pushkin & Anastasia Kurilova & Magdalena Mazur, 2021. "Management of the Energy and Economic Potential of Nuclear Waste Use," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-14, June.
    2. Yumeng Zhao & Yujie Dong & Yangping Zhou & Zhengcao Li & Zuoyi Zhang, 2021. "Oxidation Experiments and Kinetics Analysis of Nuclear Graphite ET-10 by Gas Analysis and Microstructure Observation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-13, October.

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