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Title: Iron Phosphate Glasses: An Alternative for Vitrifying Certain Nuclear Wastes

Abstract

Vitrification of nuclear waste in a glass is currently the preferred process for waste disposal. DOE currently approves only borosilicate (BS) type glasses for such purposes. However, many nuclear wastes, presently awaiting disposal, have complex and diverse chemical compositions, and often contain components that are poorly soluble or chemically incompatible in BS glasses. Such problematic wastes can be pre-processed and/or diluted to compensate for their incompatibility with a BS glass matrix, but both of these solutions increases the wasteform volume and the overall cost for vitrification. Direct vitrification using alternative glasses that utilize the major components already present in the waste is preferable, since it avoids pre-treating or diluting the waste, and, thus, minimizes the wasteform volume and overall cost.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
University of Missouri-Rolla (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
(US)
OSTI Identifier:
835729
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/45618
EMPS 73976; TRN: US0500159
DOE Contract Number:  
FG07-96ER45618
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 28 Dec 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; IRON PHOSPHATES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VITRIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FORMS; WASTES

Citation Formats

Day, Delbert E, Ray, Chandra S, and Kim, Cheol-Woon. Iron Phosphate Glasses: An Alternative for Vitrifying Certain Nuclear Wastes. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/835729.
Day, Delbert E, Ray, Chandra S, & Kim, Cheol-Woon. Iron Phosphate Glasses: An Alternative for Vitrifying Certain Nuclear Wastes. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/835729
Day, Delbert E, Ray, Chandra S, and Kim, Cheol-Woon. 2004. "Iron Phosphate Glasses: An Alternative for Vitrifying Certain Nuclear Wastes". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/835729. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/835729.
@article{osti_835729,
title = {Iron Phosphate Glasses: An Alternative for Vitrifying Certain Nuclear Wastes},
author = {Day, Delbert E and Ray, Chandra S and Kim, Cheol-Woon},
abstractNote = {Vitrification of nuclear waste in a glass is currently the preferred process for waste disposal. DOE currently approves only borosilicate (BS) type glasses for such purposes. However, many nuclear wastes, presently awaiting disposal, have complex and diverse chemical compositions, and often contain components that are poorly soluble or chemically incompatible in BS glasses. Such problematic wastes can be pre-processed and/or diluted to compensate for their incompatibility with a BS glass matrix, but both of these solutions increases the wasteform volume and the overall cost for vitrification. Direct vitrification using alternative glasses that utilize the major components already present in the waste is preferable, since it avoids pre-treating or diluting the waste, and, thus, minimizes the wasteform volume and overall cost.},
doi = {10.2172/835729},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/835729}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}