Description
After exhaustion of oxygen and other oxidants, the iron canister will corrode anoxically with the associated production of hydrogen gas and magnetite.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
SF/HLW canister
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
2.05
Waste Relevance
Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant
SF/HLW
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.1.09, 2.1.12