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HIPed Tailored Pyrochlore-Rich Glass-Ceramic Waste Forms for the Immobilization of Nuclear Waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Melody Lyn Carter ,
Hui Li ,
Yingjie Zhang ,
Andrew L Gillen  and
Eric R Vance
Melody Lyn Carter
Affiliation:
melodycarter@iinet.net.au, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Hui Li
Affiliation:
hxl@ansto.gov.au, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Yingjie Zhang
Affiliation:
yzx@ansto.gov.au, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Andrew L Gillen
Affiliation:
agl@ansto.gov.au8, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Eric R Vance
Affiliation:
erv@ansto.gov.au, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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Abstract

Hot isostatically pressed (HIPed) glass-ceramics for the immobilization of uranium-rich intermediate-level wastes and Hanford K-basin sludges were designed. These were based on pyrochlore-structured Ca(1-x)U(1+y)Ti2O7 in glass, together with minor crystalline phases. Detailed microstructural, diffraction and spectroscopic characterization of selected glass-ceramic samples has been performed, and chemical durability is adequate, as measured by both MCC-1 and PCT-B leach tests.

Keywords

nuclear materialshot isostatic pressing (HIP)U
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1124: Symposium Q – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII , 2008 , 1124-Q04-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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