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Lanthanide Orthophosphates as a Matrix for Solidified Radioactive Defense and Reactor Wastes*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

M. Petek ,
M. M. Abraham  and
L. A. Boatner
M. Petek
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
M. M. Abraham
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
L. A. Boatner
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Previous investigations have shown that the lanthanide orthophosphates (i.e., analogs of the mineral monazite) are promising candidate waste forms for the storage of high-level actinide or TRU wastes [1]. In the present work, the properties of lanthanide orthophosphates loaded with simulated Savannah River defense wastes and simulated reprocessed light water reactor wastes have been investigated with the goal of evaluating the potential of these materials as advanced primary waste forms.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 181
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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Research sponsored by the Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy under contract W–7405–eng–26 with Union Carbide Corporation.

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