scholarly journals Thermophysical property measurement and characterization of glass ceramic waste forms

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Tang
Keyword(s):  
Thermophysical Property ◽  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Ceramic Waste ◽  
Waste Forms ◽  
Property Measurement ◽  
Thermophysical Property Measurement

HIPed Tailored Pyrochlore-Rich Glass-Ceramic Waste Forms for the Immobilization of Nuclear Waste

2008 ◽  
Vol 1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melody Lyn Carter ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Yingjie Zhang ◽  
Andrew L Gillen ◽  
Eric R Vance
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Glass Ceramics ◽  
Spectroscopic Characterization ◽  
Chemical Durability ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Crystalline Phases ◽  
Waste Forms ◽  
Ceramic Samples

AbstractHot isostatically pressed (HIPed) glass-ceramics for the immobilization of uranium-rich intermediate-level wastes and Hanford K-basin sludges were designed. These were based on pyrochlore-structured Ca(1-x)U(1+y)Ti2O7 in glass, together with minor crystalline phases. Detailed microstructural, diffraction and spectroscopic characterization of selected glass-ceramic samples has been performed, and chemical durability is adequate, as measured by both MCC-1 and PCT-B leach tests.

Cold crucible induction melter studies for making glass ceramic waste forms: A feasibility assessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 444 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 481-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod Crum ◽  
Vince Maio ◽  
John McCloy ◽  
Clark Scott ◽  
Brian Riley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Cold Crucible ◽  
Ceramic Waste ◽  
Feasibility Assessment ◽  
Waste Forms

scholarly journals Glass Ceramic Waste Forms for Combined CS+LN+TM Fission Products Waste Streams

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod V. Crum ◽  
Laura A. Turo ◽  
Brian J. Riley ◽  
Ming Tang ◽  
Anna Kossoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Fission Products ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Ceramic Waste ◽  
Waste Forms

scholarly journals Glass structure and crystallization in boro-alumino-silicate glasses containing rare earth and transition metal cations: a US-UK collaborative program

MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 1029-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. McCloy ◽  
José Marcial ◽  
Deepak Patil ◽  
Muad Saleh ◽  
Mostafa Ahmadzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earths ◽  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Alkaline Earth ◽  
Glass Structure ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ceramic Waste ◽  
Waste Forms

ABSTRACTNuclear wastes generated from reprocessing of used nuclear fuel tend to contain a large fraction of rare earth (RE, e.g., Nd3+), transition (TM, e.g., Mo6+, Zr4+), alkali (A, e.g., Cs+), and alkaline earth cations (AE, e.g., Ba2+, Sr2+). Various strategies have been considered for immobilizing such waste streams, varying from nominally crystal-free glass to glass-ceramic to multi-phase ceramic waste forms. For glass and glass-ceramic waste forms, the added glass-forming system is generally alkali-alkaline earth-aluminoborosilicate (i.e., Na-Ca-Al-B-Si oxide). In a US-UK collaborative project, summarized here, we investigated the glass structure and crystallization dependence on compositional changes in simulated nuclear waste glasses and glass-ceramics. Compositions ranged in complexity from five – to – eight oxides. Specifically, the roles of Mo and rare earths are investigated, since a proposed glass-ceramic waste form contains crystalline phases such as powellite [(AE,A,RE)MoO4] and oxyapatite [(RE,AE,A)10Si6O26], and the precipitation of molybdenum phases is known to be affected by the rare earth concentration in the glass. Additionally, the effects of other chemical additions have been systematically investigated, including Zr, Ru, P, and Ti. A series of studies were also undertaken to ascertain the effect of the RE size on glass structure and on partitioning to crystal phases, investigating similarities and differences in glasses containing single RE oxides of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Er, Yb, or Lu. Finally, the effect of charge compensation was investigated by considering not only the commonly assessed peralkaline glass but also metaluminous and peraluminous compositions. Glass structure and crystallization studies were conducted by spectroscopic methods (i.e., Raman, X-ray absorption, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), optical absorption, photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), microscopy (i.e., scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis), scattering (i.e., X-ray and neutron diffraction, small angle measurements), and physical characterization (i.e., differential thermal analysis, liquidus, viscosity, density). This paper will give an overview of the research program and some example unpublished results on glass-ceramic crystallization kinetics, microstructure, and Raman spectra, as well as some examples of the effects of rare earths on the absorption, luminescence, and NMR spectra of starting glasses. The formal collaboration described here has resulted in the generation of a large number of results, some of which are still in the process of being published as separate studies.

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