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Production And Characterization Of A Plutonium-238 Loaded Ceramic Waste Form For The Study Of The Effects Of Alpha Decay Damage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Steven ,
Steven M. Frank ,
David W. Esh ,
Stephen G. Johnson ,
Marianne Noy  and
Thomas P. O'Holleran
M. Steven
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
Steven M. Frank
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
David W. Esh
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
Stephen G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
Marianne Noy
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
Thomas P. O'Holleran
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. Box 2528 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403–2528
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Abstract

Argonne National Laboratory has developed a glass-bonded sodalite ceramic waste form to immobilize fission products and plutonium that accumulate during the electrometallurgical conditioning of spent nuclear fuel. To investigate the effects of alpha decay damage on the structure and leaching characteristics of the ceramic material, 238Pu has been incorporated into the ceramic waste form. The 238pu,with its high specific activity, significantly increases the rate of alpha damage to the waste form. Long term studies have begun with periodic examination of the 238Pu loaded ceramic material. A number of characterization techniques are used to study the alpha decay damage on the structure of the waste form. In addition, PCT type leachate studies will be performed to determine the effect of alpha decay damage on the durability of the ceramic waste form. Preliminary results from this study are presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 556: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII , 1999 , 1193
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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