Chernobylite

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Chernobylite present inside the steam suppression pools.

Chernobylite is a

zirconium silicate with a high (up to 10%) content of uranium
as a solid solution.

It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl disaster, a lava-like glassy material formed in the nuclear meltdown of reactor core 4.[1][2][3] Chernobylite is highly

fission products
.

See also

References

  1. ^ United States. Joint Publications Research Service; United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1991). USSR report: Chemistry. Joint Publications Research Service. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ISBN 978-0-7503-0670-6
    . Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ Valeriy Soyfer "Chernobylite: Technogenic Mineral", Khimiya i Zhizn', No 11, Nov. 1990, p. 12, in Science & Technology USSR: Chemistry. JPRS Report. 27 March 1991. p. 29.

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