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Glass-Ceramic Waste Forms for Immobilizing Plutonium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

T. P. O'Holleran ,
S. G. Johnson ,
S. M. Frank ,
M. K. Meyer ,
M. Noy ,
E. L. Wood ,
D. A. Knecht ,
K. Vinjamuri  and
B. A. Staples
T. P. O'Holleran
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
S. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
S. M. Frank
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
M. K. Meyer
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
M. Noy
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
E. L. Wood
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, P.O. Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403–2528
D. A. Knecht
Affiliation:
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415–5218
K. Vinjamuri
Affiliation:
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415–5218
B. A. Staples
Affiliation:
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415–5218
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Abstract

Results are reported on several new glass and glass-ceramic waste formulations for plutonium disposition. The approach proposed involves employing existing calcined high level waste (HLW) present at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) as an additive to: 1) aid in the formation of a durable waste form and 2) decrease the attractiveness level of the plutonium from a proliferation viewpoint. The plutonium, PuO2, loadings employed were 15 wt% (glass) and 17 wt% (glass-ceramic). Results in the form of x-ray diffraction patterns, microstructure and durability tests are presented on cerium surrogate and plutonium loaded waste forms using simulated calcined HLW and demonstrate that durable phases, zirconia and zirconolite, contain essentially all the plutonium.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 1251
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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