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Plutonium Alteration Phases from Vapor Hydration of Lanthanide Borosilicate Glass for Weapons Material Disposition: a TEM Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 July 2020
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A lanthanide borosilicate glass, also known as LaBS glass, is being considered for the disposition of surplus weapons plutonium and plutonium residues. The LaBS glass, based upon Löffler-type glasses, is chemically durable and can dissolve substantial amounts of plutonium as well as the neutron absorbers gadolinium and hafnium [1]. Samples of a prototype LaBS glass composition containing 10 wt. % plutonium were subjected to water vapor at 200 °C for periods of 14 to 56 days. The Argonne Vapor Hydration Test Procedure was followed [2]. This test, while not designed to replicate specific conditions that may be found in a potential geologic repository (e.g., Yucca Mountain), has been shown to accelerate alteration phase formation that is usually observed in low-temperature tests over extended time periods [2]. The surfaces of the glass samples, along with alteration phases, were examined with a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to determine the characteristic alteration products.
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- Atomic Structure and Mechanisms at Interfaces in Materials
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- Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '97, Microscopy Society of America 55th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 31st Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society 48th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 10-14, 1997 , August 1997 , pp. 663 - 664
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- Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997