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The SFC project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 847593. The DisCo project has received funding from the Euratom research and training program 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 755443. The DisCo project has also benefited from financial support from project partner organizations as well as Waste Management Organizations involved in the project. We are grateful to all DisCo project participants who have performed the experiments and modeling.

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Spent nuclear fuel management, characterisation, and dissolution behaviour: progress and achievement from SFC and DisCo

Publicated to:Epj Nuclear Sciences & Technologies. 9 13- - 2023-02-21 9(), DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2022029

Authors: Sjoeland, Anders; Christensen, Petra; Evins, Lena Zetterstrom; Bosbach, Dirk; Duro, Lara; Farnan, Ian; Metz, Volker; Zencker, Uwe; Ruiz-Hervias, Jesus; Rodriguez-Villagra, Nieves; Kiraly, Marton; Schillebeeckx, Peter; Rochman, Dmitri; Seidl, Marcus; Dagan, Ron; Verwerft, Marc; Herranz Puebla, Luis Enrique; Hordynskyi, Dmitri; Feria, Francisco; Vlassopoulos, Efstathios

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Amphos 21 Consulting SL, C Venecuela 103 2nd Floor, Barcelona 08019, Spain - Author
Bundesanstalt Materialforschung & Prufung BAM, Unter Eichen 44-46, D-12203 Berlin, Germany - Author
Chornobyl Res & Dev Inst ChRDI, Off 272,6-B Staronavodnitska Str, UA-01015 Kiev, Ukraine - Author
Ctr Energy Res, Konkoly Thege Mikl Rd 29-33, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary - Author
Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Avda Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain - Author
European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr JRC, Retieseweg 111, B-2440 Geel, Belgium - Author
Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Nucl Waste Management IEK 6, Wilhelm Johnen Str, D-52428 Julich, Germany - Author
Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Nucl Waste Disposal KIT INE, Hermann von Helmholtz Pl 1, D-76344 Eggenstein Leopoldshafen, Germany - Author
Natl Cooperat Disposal Radioact Waste NAGRA, Hardstrasse 73,Postfach 280, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland - Author
Paul Scherrer Inst PSI, Forschungsstr 111, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland - Author
PreussenElektra GmbH, Tresckowstr 5, D-30457 Hannover, Germany - Author
SCK CEN Res Ctr Mol, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium - Author
SKB, Box 3091, SE-16903 Solna, Sweden - Author
Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England - Author
Univ Poliecn Madrid, ETSI Caminos, Calle Prof Aranguren 3, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

SFC is a work package in Eurad that investigates issues related to the properties of the spent nuclear fuel in the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle. Decay heat, nuclide inventory, and fuel integrity (mechanical and otherwise), and not least the related uncertainties, are among the primary focal points of SFC. These have very significant importance for the safety and operational aspect of the back-end. One consequence is the operation economy of the back-end, where deeper understanding and quantification allow for significant optimization, meaning that significant parts of the costs can be reduced. In this paper, SFC is described, and examples of results are presented at about half-time of the work package, which will finish in 2024. The DisCo project started in 2017 and finished in November 2021 and was funded under the Horizon 2020 Euratom program. It investigated if the properties of modern fuel types, namely doped fuel, and MOX, cause any significant difference in the dissolution behavior of the fuel matrix compared with standard fuels. Spent nuclear fuel experiments were complemented with studies on model materials as well as the development of models describing the solid state, the dissolution process, and reactive transport in the near field. This research has improved the understanding of processes occurring at the interface between spent nuclear fuel and aqueous solution, such as redox reactions. Overall, the results show that from a long-term fuel matrix dissolution point of view, there is no significant difference between MOX fuel, Cr+Al-doped fuel, and standard fuels.

Keywords

Affordable and clean energy

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Epj Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Nuclear Science & Technology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.97. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 5.94 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-15, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 6
  • Open Alex: 4
  • OpenCitations: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-15:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/87390/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 58
  • Downloads: 10
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 7 - Affordable and clean energy, with a probability of 55% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom.