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Title: Evaluating the Solubility and Homogeneity of Plutonium in an Alkali Borosilicate Glass

Abstract

Jim Marra of SRNL discusses methods of plutonium disposition including Alkali Borosilicate Glass and Lanthanide Borosilicate (LaBS) glass. These methods were tested and evaluated with special emphasis on plutonium solubility, its impact on glass properties, and behavior during melting.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM)
OSTI Identifier:
1011750
Report Number(s):
S02-06; SRNL-STI-2010-00093-S
TRN: US1104930
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Resource Relation:
Conference: EM Waste Processing Technical Exchange 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16 through November 18, 2010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CRITICALITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; MATRICES; PLUTONIUM; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTHS; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; VITRIFICATION; WASTE FORMS; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION; ALKALI BOROSILICATE GLASS; LANTHANIDE BOROSILICATE GLASS (LABS); HFO2; HIGH-LEVEL WASTE

Citation Formats

Marra, Jim. Evaluating the Solubility and Homogeneity of Plutonium in an Alkali Borosilicate Glass. United States: N. p., 2010. Web.
Marra, Jim. Evaluating the Solubility and Homogeneity of Plutonium in an Alkali Borosilicate Glass. United States.
Marra, Jim. Mon . "Evaluating the Solubility and Homogeneity of Plutonium in an Alkali Borosilicate Glass". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1011750.
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year = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
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