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Title: Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.

Abstract

Argonne National Laboratory is developing a ceramic waste form to immobilize salt containing fission products and transuranic elements. Preliminary results have been presented for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products such as cesium and the lanthanides. In this work results from scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction are presented in greater detail for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products. Additionally, results for waste forms containing plutonium and surrogate fission products are presented. Most of the surrogate fission products appear to be silicates or aluminosilicates whereas the plutonium is usually found in an oxide form. There is also evidence for the presence of plutonium within the sodalite phase although the chemical speciation of the plutonium is not known.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
11819
Report Number(s):
ANL/NT/CP-99068
TRN: US0102141
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Ceramic Society 101st Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (US), 04/25/1999--04/28/1999; Other Information: PBD: 19 May 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CERAMICS; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; WASTE FORMS; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RARE EARTHS; PHASE STUDIES

Citation Formats

Esh, D W, Frank, S M, Goff, K M, Johnson, S G, Moschetti, T L, and O'Holleran, T. Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Esh, D W, Frank, S M, Goff, K M, Johnson, S G, Moschetti, T L, & O'Holleran, T. Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.. United States.
Esh, D W, Frank, S M, Goff, K M, Johnson, S G, Moschetti, T L, and O'Holleran, T. 1999. "Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/11819.
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title = {Plutonium and surrogate fission products in a composite ceramic waste form.},
author = {Esh, D W and Frank, S M and Goff, K M and Johnson, S G and Moschetti, T L and O'Holleran, T},
abstractNote = {Argonne National Laboratory is developing a ceramic waste form to immobilize salt containing fission products and transuranic elements. Preliminary results have been presented for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products such as cesium and the lanthanides. In this work results from scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction are presented in greater detail for ceramic waste forms containing surrogate fission products. Additionally, results for waste forms containing plutonium and surrogate fission products are presented. Most of the surrogate fission products appear to be silicates or aluminosilicates whereas the plutonium is usually found in an oxide form. There is also evidence for the presence of plutonium within the sodalite phase although the chemical speciation of the plutonium is not known.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/11819}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 19 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Wed May 19 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
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