Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.
Argonne National Laboratory is developing a ceramic waste form to immobilize salt containing fission products and transuranic elements. Preliminary results have been presented for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products such as cesium and the lanthanides. In this work results from scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction are presented in greater detail for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products. Additionally, results for waste forms containing plutonium and surrogate fission products are presented. Most of the surrogate fission products appear to be silicates or aluminosilicates whereas the plutonium is usually found in an oxide form. There is also evidence for the presence of plutonium within the sodalite phase although the chemical speciation of the plutonium is not known.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 11819
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NT/CP-99068; TRN: US0102141
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Ceramic Society 101st Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (US), 04/25/1999--04/28/1999; Other Information: PBD: 19 May 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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