Backfill composition for secondary barriers in nuclear waste repositories
Abstract
A backfill composition for sorbing and retaining hazardous elements of nuclear wastes comprises 50-70% by weight of quartz, 10-30% by weight of montmorillonite, 1-10% by weight of phosphate mineral, 1-10% by weight of ferrous mineral, 1-10% by weight of sulfate mineral and 1-10% by weight of attapulgite.
- Inventors:
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- Austin, TX
- Goteborg, SE
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864160
- Patent Number(s):
- 4321158
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- backfill; composition; secondary; barriers; nuclear; waste; repositories; sorbing; retaining; hazardous; elements; wastes; comprises; 50-70; weight; quartz; 10-30; montmorillonite; 1-10; phosphate; mineral; ferrous; sulfate; attapulgite; nuclear wastes; nuclear waste; secondary barrier; backfill composition; /588/405/502/976/
Citation Formats
Beall, Gary W, and Allard, Bert M. Backfill composition for secondary barriers in nuclear waste repositories. United States: N. p., 1982.
Web.
Beall, Gary W, & Allard, Bert M. Backfill composition for secondary barriers in nuclear waste repositories. United States.
Beall, Gary W, and Allard, Bert M. Fri .
"Backfill composition for secondary barriers in nuclear waste repositories". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864160.
@article{osti_864160,
title = {Backfill composition for secondary barriers in nuclear waste repositories},
author = {Beall, Gary W and Allard, Bert M},
abstractNote = {A backfill composition for sorbing and retaining hazardous elements of nuclear wastes comprises 50-70% by weight of quartz, 10-30% by weight of montmorillonite, 1-10% by weight of phosphate mineral, 1-10% by weight of ferrous mineral, 1-10% by weight of sulfate mineral and 1-10% by weight of attapulgite.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1982},
month = {1}
}
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