Geo-polymers as Candidates for the Immobilisation of Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste
- Institute of Materials and Engineering Science, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Menai, NSW 2234 (Australia)
Geo-polymers should be serious waste form candidates for intermediate level waste (ILW), insofar as they are more durable than Portland cement and can pass the PCT-B test for high-level waste. Thus an alkaline ILW could be considered to be satisfactorily immobilised in a geo-polymer formulation. However a simulated Hanford tank waste was found to fail the PCT-B criterion even for a waste loading as low as 5 wt%, very probably due to the formation of a soluble sodium phosphate compound(s). This suggests that it could be worth developing a 'mixed' GP waste form in which the amorphous material can immobilize cations and a zeolitic component to immobilize anions. The PCT-B test is demonstrably subject to significant saturation effects, especially for relatively soluble waste forms. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA, 15086-7573 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21062427
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Boston - Massachusetts (United States), 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 14 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXX, by Dunn, Darrell [ed. Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Texas (United States)]; Poinssot, Christophe [ed. CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex (France)]; Begg, Bruce [ed. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia)], v. 985, 663 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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