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The Development and Testing of Synroc C as a High Level Nuclear Waste Form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

K.D. Reeve ,
D.M. Levins ,
E.J. Ramm ,
J.L. Woolfrey  and
W.J. Buykx
K.D. Reeve
Affiliation:
Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland NSW 2232Australia
D.M. Levins
Affiliation:
Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland NSW 2232Australia
E.J. Ramm
Affiliation:
Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland NSW 2232Australia
J.L. Woolfrey
Affiliation:
Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland NSW 2232Australia
W.J. Buykx
Affiliation:
Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland NSW 2232Australia
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Abstract

The current status of SYNROC C research and development by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission is reviewed. A non-radioactive fabrication demonstration line designed to produce 10 cm o.d., 90 cm long, cylinders of SYNROC canned in stainless steel by the method of in-can hot pressing is being commissioned. Leach tests are proving the excellent leach resistance of SYNROC. Accelerated radiation damage testing using fast neutrons has simulated storage times of up to 6.7×105 years. Thermophysical properties of SYNROC have been measured over the temperature range 20–650°C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 99
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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