Abstract
A comprehensive thermodynamic investigation has been performed on irradiated uranium dioxide CANDU fuel under representative severe accident conditions. Two cases have been explored in this work: Case I) the fuel is in contact with varying combinations of hydrogen and steam (i.e., mainly reducing), and Case II) the fuel is in contact with varying combinations of air and steam (i.e., oxidizing). The system thermochemistry has been computed for a wide range of gas mixtures for both cases, fuel to gas ratios, temperatures, and hydrostatic pressures. The calculations predict fission gas speciation and fuel volatilization based on equilibrium thermodynamics, including the formation of several secondary phases, changes in UO2±x stoichiometry, fission product solubility in various phases, melting, and vaporization. The overall objective of this work was to inform source term analyses in the industry standard toolset SOURCE under severe accident conditions of a CANDU station.
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