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The Performance Of Actinide-Containing Srl 165 Type Glass In Unsaturated Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

John K. Bates  and
Thomas J. Gerding
John K. Bates
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4837.
Thomas J. Gerding
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4837.
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Abstract

As part of the effort by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project to evaluate the volcanic tuff beds of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a repository for the permanent storage of high-level nuclear waste, the interaction of actinide-doped Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) 165 type glass with the unsaturated repository environment has been studied. The NNWSI Unsaturated Test method has been used, and the results from batch and continuous tests completed through 18 months demonstrate that several interactions are important for controlling both the reaction of the glass and the release of radionuclides. These interactions include (1) the reaction between the glass and moist air with interludes of liquid water contact, which results in the release of alkali metals from the glass; and (2) the reaction between standing water, glass, and presensitized 304 L type stainless steel which results in breakdown of the glass matrix and the release of radionuclides from the glass-metal assemblage. A comparison of the results of the Unsaturated Test with those of parametric experiments illustrates the importance of presensitized steel in enhancing the glass reaction, and demonstrates the applicability of the Unsaturated Test to those conditions anticipated to exist in the NNWSI repository horizon.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 112: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XI , 1987 , 651
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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