Plutonium isotopes in lava-like fuel-containing masses of the destroyed fourth block of the Chernobyl NPP

Authors
Bogatov, SA Krinitsyn, AP Pazukhin, EM
Citation
Sa. Bogatov et al., Plutonium isotopes in lava-like fuel-containing masses of the destroyed fourth block of the Chernobyl NPP, RADIOCHEMIS, 41(4), 1999, pp. 402-408
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
RADIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
10663622 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
402 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-3622(199907/08)41:4<402:PIILFM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Weight fractions of plutonium isotopes in samples of lava-like fuel-contain ing masses (LLFCMs) are determined, The experimental values exceed the calc ulated data in statistically significant measure. The abnormal content of p lutonium isotopes in LLFCMs is explained by formation of uranium-zirconium- oxygen phases by the reaction between the plutonium-enriched periphery of t he fuel pellets with the interior of the zirconium cladding of the fuel rod in an inert or reducing medium.