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Title: XAF/XANES studies of plutonium-loaded sodalite/glass composite waste forms.

Abstract

A sodalite/glass ceramic waste form has been developed to immobilize highly radioactive nuclear wastes in chloride form, as part of an electrochemical cleanup process. Simulated waste forms have been fabricated which contain plutonium and are representative of the salt from the electrometallurgical process to recover uranium from spent nuclear fuel. X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) and x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) studies were performed to determine the location, oxidation state and form of the plutonium within these waste forms. Plutonium, in the non-fission-element case, was found to segregate as plutonium(IV) oxide with a crystallite size of at least 20 nm. With fission elements present, the crystallite size was about 2 nm. No plutonium was observed within the sodalite or glass in the waste form.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
11894
Report Number(s):
ANL/CMT/CP-99518
TRN: US0102279
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: INMM 40th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (US), 07/25/1999--07/29/1999; Other Information: PBD: 14 Jul 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CERAMICS; GLASS; PLUTONIUM; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE FORMS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE STUDIES; VALENCE; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL

Citation Formats

Aase, S B, Kropf, A J, Lewis, M A, Reed, D T, and Richmann, M K. XAF/XANES studies of plutonium-loaded sodalite/glass composite waste forms.. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Aase, S B, Kropf, A J, Lewis, M A, Reed, D T, & Richmann, M K. XAF/XANES studies of plutonium-loaded sodalite/glass composite waste forms.. United States.
Aase, S B, Kropf, A J, Lewis, M A, Reed, D T, and Richmann, M K. 1999. "XAF/XANES studies of plutonium-loaded sodalite/glass composite waste forms.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/11894.
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title = {XAF/XANES studies of plutonium-loaded sodalite/glass composite waste forms.},
author = {Aase, S B and Kropf, A J and Lewis, M A and Reed, D T and Richmann, M K},
abstractNote = {A sodalite/glass ceramic waste form has been developed to immobilize highly radioactive nuclear wastes in chloride form, as part of an electrochemical cleanup process. Simulated waste forms have been fabricated which contain plutonium and are representative of the salt from the electrometallurgical process to recover uranium from spent nuclear fuel. X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) and x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) studies were performed to determine the location, oxidation state and form of the plutonium within these waste forms. Plutonium, in the non-fission-element case, was found to segregate as plutonium(IV) oxide with a crystallite size of at least 20 nm. With fission elements present, the crystallite size was about 2 nm. No plutonium was observed within the sodalite or glass in the waste form.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/11894}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Wed Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
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