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Alpha Decay Self-Damage in Cubic and Monoclinic Zirconolite*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

F. W. Clinard Jr., ,
C. C. Land ,
D. E. Peterson ,
D. L. Rohr  and
R. B. Roof
F. W. Clinard Jr.,
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,USA
C. C. Land
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,USA
D. E. Peterson
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,USA
D. L. Rohr
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,USA
R. B. Roof
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545,USA
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Abstract

Samples of primarily-monoclinic 238 Pu-doped zirconolite were stored at ambient temperature to allow accumulation of alpha decay self-damage to a dose of 6 × 1024 α/m3 (equivalent to a SYNROC age of ֮103 y). Bulk swelling reached 2.3 vol% with no tendency toward saturation, a damage response similar to that observed for cubic Pu-doped zirconolite. X-ray volumetric swelling at 4 × 1024 ֮/m3 was 1 vol%, considerably less than that for the cubic material. Changes in cell dimensions differed significantly from those reported by others for a monoclinic natural mineral. Extensive microcracking was observed, and is attributed at least partially to swelling differences between the matrix and minor phases.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 405
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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Work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy.

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