TY - GEN
T1 - Leaching of Pu, Am, Np, and Tc from high level waste glasses in clay media
AU - Lemmens, K.
AU - Van Iseghem, P.
AU - Wang, L.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The leaching behavior of Pu, Am, Np and Tc from the high-level waste glasses of interest to Belgium has been studied. Corrosion tests were carried out on inactive glasses (the Cogema R7T7 glass SON68 and the DWK Pamela glasses SM513 and SM527), doped with the radionuclides. Nuclide leaching was studied in contact with a slurry of Boom clay, diluted with claywater, at 90°C and 40°C, for durations of up to 4 years. The retention of Pu and Np in the glass surface layers was considerable for SON68 and SM513, but small for SM527. The retention of these elements decreased at lower temperature. Tc was not retained. The largest part of the leached activity is adsorbed onto the clay in an immobile form. Nuclide concentration in mobile form (smaller than 105 MWU) was found to be independent on duration for Pu and Am. Increasing concentrations were found for Np and Tc. The mobile concentrations were smaller in the presence of corrosion products.
AB - The leaching behavior of Pu, Am, Np and Tc from the high-level waste glasses of interest to Belgium has been studied. Corrosion tests were carried out on inactive glasses (the Cogema R7T7 glass SON68 and the DWK Pamela glasses SM513 and SM527), doped with the radionuclides. Nuclide leaching was studied in contact with a slurry of Boom clay, diluted with claywater, at 90°C and 40°C, for durations of up to 4 years. The retention of Pu and Np in the glass surface layers was considerable for SON68 and SM513, but small for SM527. The retention of these elements decreased at lower temperature. Tc was not retained. The largest part of the leached activity is adsorbed onto the clay in an immobile form. Nuclide concentration in mobile form (smaller than 105 MWU) was found to be independent on duration for Pu and Am. Increasing concentrations were found for Np and Tc. The mobile concentrations were smaller in the presence of corrosion products.
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M3 - In-proceedings paper
AN - SCOPUS:0027271088
SN - 1558991891
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 147
EP - 154
BT - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
PB - MRS - Materials Research Society
T2 - Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management
Y2 - 30 November 1992 through 4 December 1992
ER -