Radiation damage and environmental effects in high level waste storage glasses using transmission electron microscopy. Progress report, February 28, 1980-January 15, 1981

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6145928

Howitt, D G

The experimental work has been concerned initially with the preparation and observation of homogeneous glasses which will serve as control standards. The microstructural features which develop in nuclear waste glasses prepared under the conditions envisaged for their processing in addition to the microstructures associated with leached glass, irradiated glass and these effects combined are described. The problem of describing the leaching and stability of nuclear waste glasses is also being addressed and the first task was to determine a general thermodynamic expression for multicomponent glass systems. This work is described in the following section. 1 ref., 10 figs.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Davis (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-79ER10437
• OSTI ID: 6145928
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10437-T4; ON: DE86008549
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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MICROSTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
WASTE FORMS
FABRICATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
SAMPLE PREPARATION
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
GLASS
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MICROSCOPY
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIATION EFFECTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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