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Formulation and Durability of Tailored Cenentitious Hosts Applied to TRU Waste Generated at the Rocky Flats Plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J. H. Kessler ,
G. C. Rogers ,
L. R. Dole  and
M. T. Morgan
J. H. Kessler
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box X, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
G. C. Rogers
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box X, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
L. R. Dole
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box X, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
M. T. Morgan
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box X, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Abstract

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, we have developed cementitious grout formulations which can incorporate up to 50 wt % of a transuranic (TRU) waste generated during startup operations at the Rocky Flats Plant Building 374, Golden, Colorado. Trial grout mixes were tested in order to minimize the water content and maximize the waste loading. The effects of water reducers and set regulators on these mixes were also examined.

Durability and physical property measurements were performed on formulations containing 40 wt % waste, which are compatible with standard processing equipment. The densities, porosities, and compressive strengths of these solids are reported. Compressive strengths of the samples were found to increase by as much as 69% after the sample had been exposed to leachants for 28 d at 900 C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 15: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VI , 1982 , 611
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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