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Applicability of V2O5-P2O5 Glass System for Low-Temperature Vitrification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

T. Nishi ,
K. Noshita ,
T. Naitoh ,
T. Namekawa ,
K. Takahashi  and
M. Matsuda
T. Nishi
Affiliation:
Power & Industrial Systems R&D Division, Hitachi Ltd., 7–2–1 Omika, Hitachi, Ibaraki 319–12, Japan.
K. Noshita
Affiliation:
Power & Industrial Systems R&D Division, Hitachi Ltd., 7–2–1 Omika, Hitachi, Ibaraki 319–12, Japan.
T. Naitoh
Affiliation:
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 3–1–1 Saiwai, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317, Japan.
T. Namekawa
Affiliation:
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 3–1–1 Saiwai, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317, Japan.
K. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 3–1–1 Saiwai, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317, Japan.
M. Matsuda
Affiliation:
Hitachi Works, Hitachi Ltd., 3–1–1 Saiwai, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317, Japan.
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Abstract

The V2O5-P2O5 glass system (vanadate glass) has been developed to provide low temperature vitrification of radioactive waste without volatilization of radionuclides. The dissolution behaviour of vanadate glass was determined from the results of the MCC-1 static leach test at 70 ‘C using deionized water, cement-saturated alkaline water, and cement-saturated alkaline water with 3% NaCl. The solubility of vanadate glass was remarkably reduced by the addition of Sb2O3to the glass. It was also lowered in the cement-saturated water due to formation of a precipitation layer. Although the presence of NaCl in the solution accelerated the dissolution of vanadate glass, the addition of alkaline earth metal oxide to the glass gave a dissolution rate three orders lower than non-additive vanadate glass. The results of leach tests using simulated vitrified waste form containing 5moI% of Cs2 and SrO showed there was a possibility of fixing Cs and Sr into the glass structure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 221
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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