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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
S. Sunder, H. Christensen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 104 | Number 3 | December 1993 | Pages 403-417
Technical Paper | Special Issue on Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT93-A34900
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The gamma radiolysis of water was investigated for conditions relevant to studies of the geological disposal of nuclear fuel waste. Chemical kinetic calculations were carried out for seven systems: argon-purged water; O2-purged water; N2O-purged water; O2-purged solution containing 0.01 mol/ℓ sodium formate; O2-purged solution containing 0.01 mol/ℓ t-butanol; N2O-purged solution containing 0.01 mol/ℓ Na2CO3; and argon-purged solution containing 0.169 mol/ℓ Cl− ions. The initial pH in all systems was set at 9.5. The concentrations of the important oxidants and reductants, both molecular and radical species, are presented as a function of the dose rate and the radiolysis time. In almost all cases, radical species are at steady state after 20 h of irradiation. In argon-saturated solutions, concentrations of all radiolysis products are low (<4 × 10−8 mol/ℓ). In oxygen-saturated solutions containing formate, an H2O2 concentration as high as 1.7 × 10−3 mol/ℓ was calculated after 20 h of irradiation at a dose rate of 280 Gy/h.
