Application of Sulfide Process to Fuel Debris Treatment

• Published in: Energy procedia Vol. 39; pp. 102 - 109
• Main Authors: Sato, Nobuaki, Kirishima, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2013
• Subjects: Carbon disulfide; Fuel debris; Separation; Sulfurization; Sulfurization; Separation; Fuel debris; Carbon disulfide

In nuclear reactor accident at Fukushima NPP, the reactor core was damaged by the severe conditions such as very high temperature and sea water injection, forming a huge amount of nuclear fuel waste so called debris fuel. Since UO2 fuel pellets are packed in the zircaloy cladding and the fuel assemb...