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GEL Adsorption Processing for Waste Solidification in 'NZP' Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

L.J. Yang ,
S. Komarneni  and
R. Roy
L.J. Yang
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A.
S. Komarneni
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A.
R. Roy
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Simulated PW-4b waste solution along with Na additive was mixed with Zr-P-O gel, dried and then fired to form the desired sodium zirconium phosphate, NaZr2 (PO4) 3 [NZP] ceramic. NZP and monazite were the only phases produced upon firing at 900°C with 10 to 40% of PW-4b mixed with the gel. CsZr2(PO4) 3 which is isostructural with NZP was also identified when fired under reducing conditions. The -200 mesh powders of these waste forms prepared under reducing conditions showed excellent leach resistance under hydrothermal conditions.

Alternatively, PW-4b and Three Mile Island (TMI) wastes were adsorbed on Zr-P-O gel in a column. The gel was dried, pelletized and fired to form the desired [NZP] ceramic. Cesium was found to be selective on the Zr-P-O gel because no breakthrough of Cs was detected up to 38 column volumes of TMI waste. Thus, it is possible to use a tailored gel to sorb Cs and/or Sr from accident waste water and then fired the bed to form the [NZP] ceramic below 1000°C. The main advantages of the gel adsorption process are its simplicity and its enormous compositional flexibility.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 567
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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