Ceramics, Glass-Ceramics and Glasses for Immobilization of High-Level Nuclear Wastes.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (373 pages)
Intro -- GLASSES, GLASS-CERAMICS ANDCERAMICS FOR IMMOBILIZATION OFHIGHLY RADIOACTIVE NUCLEARWASTES -- GLASSES, GLASS-CERAMICS ANDCERAMICS FOR IMMOBILIZATION OFHIGHLY RADIOACTIVE NUCLEARWASTES -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPOSITION OF HLW SOLUTIONS ARISING FROMNUCLEAR SPENT FUEL REPROCESSING -- IMMOBILIZATION OF NON-SEPARATED ORSEPARATED HLW: PRINCIPLES AND EXAMPLES -- 3.A. PRINCIPLES OF IMMOBILIZATION -- 3.B. GLASSES, CERAMICS AND GLASS-CERAMICSWASTE FORMS -- 3.B.1. Glassy Waste Forms -- 3.B.2. Ceramic Waste Forms -- 3.B.3. Glass-Ceramic Waste Forms -- STUDIES ON SPECIFIC MATRICES FOR THEIMMOBILIZATION OF LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES -- 4.A. THE SPECIFIC IMMOBILIZATION OFRADIOACTIVE CESIUM -- 4.A.1. Radioactive Cesium in HLW -- 4.A.2. Specific Waste Forms for Cesium Conditioning -- 4.A.3. BaxCsy(M,Ti)8O16 Hollandite Ceramic as Waste Form for CsImmobilization -- 4.B. THE SPECIFIC IMMOBILIZATION OF MA -- 4.B.1. MA in HLW -- 4.B.2. Specific Waste Forms for MA and Pu Conditioning -- 4.B.3. Zirconolite Ceramic as Specific Waste Form for MA or Pu -- 4.C. ZIRCONOLITE-BASED GLASS-CERAMIC AS SPECIFIC WASTEFORM FOR MA IMMOBILIZATION -- 4.C.1. Previous Works on Glass-Ceramics Containing Zirconolite Crystals -- 4.C.2. Synthesis and Characterization of Zirconolite-Based Glass-Ceramics -- STUDIES ON GLASSES FOR THE IMMOBILIZATION OFNON-SEPARATED HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE SOLUTIONS -- 5.A. GENERALITIES ON NUCLEAR GLASSES -- 5.A.1. Glasses to Immobilize HLW solutions -- 5.A.2. Structure and Properties of Borosilicate Nuclear Glasses -- 5.B. GLASSES FOR THE IMMOBILIZATIONOF MO-RICH WASTES -- 5.B.1. Immobilization of Mo-rich HLW in Glasses -- 5.B.2. Molybdenum in Glasses -- 5.B.3. Study on Simplified Borosilicate Glasses for the Immobilization of MorichWastes -- 5.C. GLASSES FOR THE IMMOBILIZATIONOF RARE- EARTH-RICH WASTES. 5.C.1. Composition and Properties of a new RE-rich Glass for theImmobization of Concentrated Highly Radioactive Wastes -- 5.C.2 Effect of Increasing RE2O3 Concentration on Glass Structure and MeltCrystallization -- 5.C.3 Effect of the Nature of the RE on Glass Structure and MeltCrystallization -- 5.C.4. Effect of Glass Peralkalinity on its Structure and on MeltCrystallization -- 5.C.5. Effect of the [CaO]/([Na2O] + [CaO]) Ratio on Glass Structure andMelt Crystallization -- 5.C.6. Effect of the Nature of Akali and Alkaline-Earth Oxides on GlassStructure and Melt Crystallization -- 5.C.7. Conclusions of the Study of a New RE-rich Glass for the Immobizationof Concentrated Highly Radioactive Wastes -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.