Thermochemical studies of advanced nuclear fuels and materials*
Michio Yamawaki1**, 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 16th
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.
**Corresponding author
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