The NEA Thermochemical Database Project:30 years of accomplishments
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Maria-Eleni Ragoussi
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Stéphane Brassinnes
Abstract
The NEA Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project (www.oecd-nea.org/dbtdb/) provides a database of chemical thermodynamic values treating the most significant elements related to nuclear waste management. The work carried out since the initiation of TDB in 1984 has resulted in the publication of thirteen major reviews and a large set of selected values that have become an international reference in the field, as they are characterized for their accuracy, consistency and high quality. Herein, we describe the basis, scientific principles and organization of the TDB project, together with its evolution from its inception to the present organization as a joint undertaking under Article 5(b) of the Statute of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
Acknowledgement
The authors would like to particularly thank Dr Davide Costa (OECD-NEA), Dr Eric Giffaut (ANDRA, France), Dr Robert Lemire (Canada) and Dr Donald Reed (LANL, USA) for fruitful discussions and many valuable comments.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- The NEA Thermochemical Database Project:30 years of accomplishments
- Rapid selective separation of americium/curium from simulated nuclear forensic matrices using triazine ligands
- Effect of equilibration time on Pu desorption from goethite
- Surface complexation modeling of neptunium(V) sorption to lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH)
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