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A Study of Magnox Waste Glass Under Conditions of High Temperature, Very Deep, Geological Disposal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Neil C. Hyatt ,
Kathleen J. Taylor ,
Fergus G.F. Gibb  and
William E. Lee
Neil C. Hyatt
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD., UK.
Kathleen J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD., UK.
Fergus G.F. Gibb
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD., UK.
William E. Lee
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD., UK.
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Abstract

The behaviour of a simulant Magnox waste glass was investigated under the likely conditions of high temperature, very deep, geological disposal, viz. 760°C and 0.15GPa. Under these conditions partial crystallisation of the glass is observed with the formation of LnBSiO5 (Ln = Y, La, Pr, Ce, Nd, Sm and Gd), LiNaZrSi6O15 and a palladium (ruthenium) telluride phase. The significance of these findings is discussed in the context of the high temperature, very deep, geological disposal scheme.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 199
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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