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Static Leaching of Radioactive Glass Under Conditions Simulating a Granitic Repository for High-Level Waste: Phase 1.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Hans-Peter Hermansson ,
Hilbert Christensen ,
David E Clark ,
Inga-Kari Björner ,
Hayaichi Yokoyama  and
Lars Werme
Hans-Peter Hermansson
Affiliation:
Studsvik Energiteknik AB, S-611 82 Nyk6ping, Sweden.
Hilbert Christensen
Affiliation:
Studsvik Energiteknik AB, S-611 82 Nyk6ping, Sweden.
David E Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Inga-Kari Björner
Affiliation:
Studsvik Energiteknik AB, S-611 82 Nyk6ping, Sweden.
Hayaichi Yokoyama
Affiliation:
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry 11-1, Iwato Kita2-Chome, Komae-Shi, Tokyo, 201 Japan.
Lars Werme
Affiliation:
Swedish Nuclear Fuel Supply Co. (SKBF/KBS), P.O. Box 5864, S-102 48 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Abstract

A joint research project with participation from Japan, Switzerland and Sweden is underway at Studsvik (The JSS-project). The project concerns investigations on the leaching of fully radioactive glass (containing 12 wt% fission product oxides and actinide oxides) manufactured by CEA/Marcoule.

So far the glass has been leached in doubly distilled water and in silicate water at 90°C. Some leaching experiments involved the presence of crushed Stripa granite in the same containers as the glass.

Due to strong radiation and the presence of plutonium the leaching was carried out in a specially designed lead cave using gilded stainless steel containers.

Weight losses, pH and elemental mass losses were determined together with infrared reflection spectral changes. These data are compared to those obtained from a simulated nonradioactive glass of nearly the same composition and to similar alkali borosilicate glasses previously investigated at Studsvik.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 671
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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