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Nuclear Waste Immobilization in Cement-Based Materials: Overview of French Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Rosemarie Atabek
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
Pascal Bouniol
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
Eliane Revertegat
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
Jean Oliver
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
Philippe Gegout
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
Michel Jorda
Affiliation:
Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique, CEN-FAR, DRDD/SESD, B.P N°6 92265 Fontenay Aux Roses, Cedex, France
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Abstract

An overview of the different problems to be solved for waste form disposal in a shallow-land burial site is presented. Examples of cementbased materials used to immobilize concentrates are given in relation to cement chemistry. Experimental studies, undertaken to assess concrete durability, obviously indicate that pH is the starting parameter of chemical degradation reactions. It is found that blended cement (CLC) has a better cesium retention ability and a stronger resistance to chloride and sulfate attack than Portland cement.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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