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Properties of Formula 127 Glass Prepared with Radioactive Zirconia Calcine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Bruce Staples ,
Hugh Cole  and
Dan Pavlica
Bruce Staples
Affiliation:
Exxon Nuclear Idaho Company, Inc. P. O. Box 2800, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
Hugh Cole
Affiliation:
Exxon Nuclear Idaho Company, Inc. P. O. Box 2800, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
Dan Pavlica
Affiliation:
Exxon Nuclear Idaho Company, Inc. P. O. Box 2800, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
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Abstract

Formula 127 glass has been developed to immobilize ICPP zirconia calcine. This glass has been prepared remotely on a laboratory scale basis with radioactive zirconia calcine retrieved after ten years of storage from Bin Set 2. The aqueous leachability of the glass produced was investigated and compared through application of standard leach tests with that of Formula 127 glass prepared with simulated calcine. Solid state properties of the glasses prepared with actual and simulated calcines were also compared through application of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDS).

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 15: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VI , 1982 , 125
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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