Facility Details: RIGolo

Organization / Localization: ASNR/Cadarache
Country: France
Facility Status:
Focus area 2: Fission product chemistry, transport and remobilization behaviour in RCS (1)
Facility Description: Open flow reactor composed of a tubular furnace, 15 cm lon, in which an alumina tube (45 cm long, 20 mm ID) is inserted.
Test Identification: Enumerated tests from 1 to 14
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena:
Measured Parameters: Deposited mass in coupes, elemental I and Cs determination, mass loss by thermogravimetric analysis, surface characterization, radioactive Cs gamma-spectometry, molecular iodine and inorganic iodine (CsI, HI), gaseous molecular iodine concentration.
Modelling: Substrate (SS304L, SS316L or Au), re-vaporization carrier gas (Air, Air/steam, Ar/steam), temperature (deposition process)
Simulation Code: Not found
Experimental Research Program: MiRe (Mitigation of outside releases in case of nuclear accident) program
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References: [1] Publications and conferences + phD of Dorel Obada (2019)
[2] D. Obada et al., Chemical stability of caesium iodide deposits in air/steam atmosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 409, 124519, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124519
Contributed By: L. Cantrel




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