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Method of immobilizing weapons plutonium to provide a durable, disposable waste product

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OSTI ID:870559

A method of atomic scale fixation and immobilization of plutonium to provide a durable waste product. Plutonium is provided in the form of either PuO.sub.2 or Pu(NO.sub.3).sub.4 and is mixed with and SiO.sub.2. The resulting mixture is cold pressed and then heated under pressure to form (Zr,Pu)SiO.sub.4 as the waste product.

Research Organization:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 5545797
OSTI ID:
870559
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Polyphase Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic forms for Immobilizing ICPP High-Level Nuclear Waste journal January 1983