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Structural Characterisations of Rare Earth-Rich Glasses for Nuclear Waste Immobilisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

I. Bardez
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de la vallée du Rhône, DIEC/SCDV/LEBM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'Etat Solide (UMR 7574), ENSCP, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
D. Caurant
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'Etat Solide (UMR 7574), ENSCP, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
F. Ribot
Affiliation:
Chimie de la Matière Condensée (UMR 7574), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
P. Loiseau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'Etat Solide (UMR 7574), ENSCP, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
J. L. Dussossoy
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de la vallée du Rhône, DIEC/SCDV/LEBM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
F. Villain
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
N. Baffier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'Etat Solide (UMR 7574), ENSCP, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
C. Fillet
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de la vallée du Rhône, DIEC/SCDV/LEBM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Abstract

New glassy matrices, able to incorporate new highly concentrated radioactive liquid wastes (HLW), are being studied. Investigations were performed on rare earth-rich glasses, known as very durable matrices. The selected basic glass composition was (wt. %): 51.0 SiO2 – 8.5 B2O3–12.2 Na2O – 4.3 Al2O3 – 4.8 CaO – 3.2 ZrO2 – 16.0 Nd2O3. To determine both the environment around the rare earth in this glass and its evolution according to its concentration (1.3 – 30 wt. % Nd2O3), EXAFS (Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure) spectroscopy at the LIII-edge of neodymium and optical absorption spectroscopy were used. By coupling these two characterisation methods, several hypotheses are proposed about the nature of the rare earth neighbouring in the glass.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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