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Crystallisation Within Simulated High Level Waste Borosilicate Glass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Peter B. Rose ,
Michael I. Ojovan ,
Neil C. Hyatt  and
William E. Lee
Peter B. Rose
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, U.K, [email protected]
Michael I. Ojovan
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, U.K, [email protected]
Neil C. Hyatt
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, U.K, [email protected]
William E. Lee
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, U.K, [email protected]
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Abstract

The devitrification products of two simulated high level radioactive waste (HLW) glasses have been investigated. Magnox waste glass contained RuO2 as its primary crystal phase, Pd-Te inclusions, a Cr-, Fe- and Ni-rich spinel phase, a Si- and lanthanide-rich phase and also a Zr-rich phase which incorporated Ce and Gd. Upon heat treatment the glass developed a zektzerite-type phase, CeO2, a strontium molybdate (containing Nd and La) as well as a Si-rich phase. 75/25 glass, comprising a blend of reprocessing waste derived from UO2 and Magnox fuels, contained RuO2 as its primary crystalline phase, CeO2 and a Si- and Ru-rich phase. Heat treatment of this glass resulted in the growth of the CeO2 crystals, the development of a strontium molybdate (containing Nd and La) and a Si- and lanthanide-containing phase. A sodium lanthanum molybdate with a powellite-type structure formed on the surface of both glasses after heat treatment in air.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 824: Symposium CC – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVIII , 2004 , CC5.6
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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