Combustion of a Dust/Gas Mixture Consisting of Particles of Irradiated Nuclear Graphite

The paper describes the problem of the formation of dust/gas mixtures during the work related to the dismantling of graphite stack during the decommissioning of a uranium-graphite reactor. The amount of stored energy in the irradiated graphite elements of the reactor was experimentally determined. The influence of the Wigner energy release process on the combustion of a dust/gas mixture consisting of particles of irradiated nuclear graphite is shown.