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Multicomponent Leach Tests in Standard Canadian Shield Saline Solution on Glasses Containing Simulated Nuclear Waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Robert B. Heimann ,
Donald D. Wood  and
Richard F. Hamon
Robert B. Heimann
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba ROE ILO, Canada
Donald D. Wood
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba ROE ILO, Canada
Richard F. Hamon
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba ROE ILO, Canada
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Abstract

Leaching experiments on borosilicate glass frit and simulated nuclear waste glasses were performed as a preliminary to leaching experiments on glasses incorporating radioactive waste. The experimental design included (i) simulated waste glass, (ii) ASTM Grade-2 titanium container material, (iii) clay buffer material, (iv) Standard Canadian Shield Saline Solution, and (v) granitic rock.

Cumulative fractions of release for boron were determined, as well as the solution concentrations of silicon, iron, strontium and cesium. The leach rates for boron after 28 d were approximately 5x10-6 kg.m-2 .8-1 for experiments in stainless steel vessels, and 2xl0-7 kg.m-2 .s-1 in Hastelloy* vessels. There is an apparently strong relationship between the clay/groundwater ratio, the concentration of iron in the solution, and the concentrations of silicon, strontium, and cesium.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 191
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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