The exfoliation of irradiated nuclear graphite by treatment with organic solvent: A proposal for its recycling

For the past 50 years, graphite has been widely used as a moderator, reflector and fuel matrix in different kinds of gas-cooled reactors. Resulting in approximately 250,000 metric tons of irradiated graphite waste. One of the most significant long-lived radioisotope from graphite reactors is carbon-...

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Main Authors: Mauro Capone, Nadia Cherubini, Maria Letizia Cozzella, Alessandro Dodaro, Tiziana Guarcini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573318307447