Table 1 A summary of the 7 uranium metal samples, including the sample origin, type of metal, water vapour exposure length and the beam time examined.

From: In-situ, time resolved monitoring of uranium in BFS:OPC grout. Part 2: Corrosion in water

Sample name

Pre-treatment

Exposure length (weeks)

Beam time examined

A3L

As-received

3

1

A6L

6

1

A47L*

47

2

N2L

Nitric acid etched

2

2

N6L

6

2

N12L

12

2

N22L

22

2

  1. *Sample A3L was re-analysed on the second beam time after further water submersion. This was renamed to A47L.
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