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The Role of Metal Ion Solubility in Leaching of Nuclear Waste Glasses*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

B. Grambow
B. Grambow*
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA and Hahn-Meitner-Institut fűr Kernforschung Berlin GmbH, 1000 Berlin 39 Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin, Germany
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The leachability of solid nuclear waste forms has been studied by many investigators to evaluate the short-term kinetics of elemental release or to determine the effects of leachant composition or other system parameters. Some general observations from these studies have included: incongruent leaching; formation of reaction layers that contain rare-earth, alkaline-earth, or transition metal elements; and apparent saturation of some elements in solution while others continue to be leached. Before these observations can be used to predict long-term performance of waste glasses under repository conditions, the mechanisms controlling the release of elements from the solid must be understood.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 11: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management V , 1981 , 93
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830.

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