Computational studies of experimentally validated method of solid-phase oxidation of alkali metals in application to the decommissioning of the BR-10 research reactor are presented. Computational-theoretical studies were performed for the method where alkali metals are mixed with oxidizers (granulated slag from copper smelting operations) by pumping alkali metal along a down pipe beneath a layer slag into the reaction chamber.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 120, No. 6, pp. 330–336, June, 2016.
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Kanukhina, S.V., Kononyuk, M.K., Butov, K.A. et al. Computational and Experimental Studies of Solid-Phase Oxidation of Alkali Metal Slag From Copper Smelting Operations. At Energy 120, 403–411 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0149-0
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