Ceramic and glass radioactive waste forms

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5254254

Readey, D W; Cooley, C R ^[1]

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This report contains 14 individual presentations and 6 group reports on the subject of glass and polycrystalline ceramic radioactive waste forms. It was the general consensus that the information available on glass as a waste form provided a good basis for planning on the use of glass as an initial waste form, that crystalline ceramic forms could also be good waste forms if much more development work were completed, and that prediction of the chemical and physical stability of the waste form far into the future would be much improved if the basic synergistic effects of low temperature, radiation and long times were better understood. Continuing development of the polycrystalline ceramic forms was recommended. It was concluded that the leach rate of radioactive species from the waste form is an important criterion for evaluating its suitability, particularly for the time period before solidified waste is permanently placed in the geologic isolation of a Federal repository. Separate abstracts were prepared for 12 of the individual papers; the remaining two were previously abstracted.

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5254254
• Report Number(s): CONF-770102-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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