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Partitioning of Cesium in Phases Produced by Grouted Waste Injection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

D. P. Stinton ,
E. W. Mcdaniel  and
H. O. Weerent
D. P. Stinton
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, 37831
E. W. Mcdaniel
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, 37831
H. O. Weerent
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, 37831
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Abstract

Phases present in injected grouts were characterized by use of optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and β-γ autoradiography. A laboratoryproduced sample containing 1 wt % stable cesium and an actual grout sheet obtained by core drilling were examined. The phases present in these samples were identified, and cesium was found to be absorbed almost entirely by illite clay agglomerates. These clay agglomerates were tightly bound within the grout structure by hydrated calcium silicates. The β-γ autoradiography of the core-drilled sample verified that cesium and other radionuclides were trapped within the 20-year-old grout and had not migrated into trapped shale fragments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 521
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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