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Title: Quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis of titanate waste forms and its application to damage ingrowth

Abstract

Quantitative powder X-ray diffraction was used to analyze the phase assemblages of titanate nuclear waste ceramics doped with {sup 224}Cm and accumulating {alpha}-decay doses up to 1.24 {times} 10{sup 18} alpha-decay-events g{sup -1}. Among the Cm-bearing phases, perovskite is more susceptible to damage than zirconolite. Phases devoid of curium (hollandite and freudenbergite) experience a flux of ionizing radiation, and may also undergo radiation-induced structural degradation. The analysis demonstrated that a dose of 1.24 {times} 10{sup 18} alpha-decay-events g{sup -1} approximately 20 wt% of the waste phases remain aperiodic after annealing for 2 hours at 800{degrees}C.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia)
  2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
62195
Report Number(s):
CONF-921101-Vol.294
TRN: 95:002922-0011
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 16. Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meeting, Boston, MA (United States), 30 Nov - 5 Dec 1992; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XVI; Interrante, C.G. [ed.] [Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)]; Pabalan, R.T. [ed.] [Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States)]; PB: 959 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; TITANATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; CERAMICS; WASTE FORMS; STABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ANNEALING; PEROVSKITE; ZIRCONOLITE

Citation Formats

White, T J, and Mitamura, H. Quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis of titanate waste forms and its application to damage ingrowth. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
White, T J, & Mitamura, H. Quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis of titanate waste forms and its application to damage ingrowth. United States.
White, T J, and Mitamura, H. 1993. "Quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis of titanate waste forms and its application to damage ingrowth". United States.
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abstractNote = {Quantitative powder X-ray diffraction was used to analyze the phase assemblages of titanate nuclear waste ceramics doped with {sup 224}Cm and accumulating {alpha}-decay doses up to 1.24 {times} 10{sup 18} alpha-decay-events g{sup -1}. Among the Cm-bearing phases, perovskite is more susceptible to damage than zirconolite. Phases devoid of curium (hollandite and freudenbergite) experience a flux of ionizing radiation, and may also undergo radiation-induced structural degradation. The analysis demonstrated that a dose of 1.24 {times} 10{sup 18} alpha-decay-events g{sup -1} approximately 20 wt% of the waste phases remain aperiodic after annealing for 2 hours at 800{degrees}C.},
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