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Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 72, No. 10, pp. 1839-1849, 2000.

Thermochemical studies of advanced nuclear fuels and materials*

Michio Yamawaki^1**, Tadashi Inoue², and Toru Ogawa³

¹Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan; ²Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Iwadokita, 2-chome 11-1, Komae-shi, Tokyo 201 Japan; ³Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-11 Japan

Abstract: Thermochemical analyses related with development of advanced nuclear fuels (i.e., metalic, nitride, and hydride fuels) with respect to the transmutation of transuranium elements and relevant pyrochemical reprocessing and fabrication processes, which have been carried out mainly in Japan, are summarized. In addition, application of atmosphere-controlled high-temperature mass spectrometry on solid-gas reactions, in particular on the prediction of gas-interacting behaviors of cesium and lithium on respective oxide ceramics, are delineated in relation to nuclear material-relevant researches.

 

* Plenary lecture presented at the 16^th IUPAC Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT-2000), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 6-11 August 2000. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 1799-1849.
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