Assessment of rhenium as a surrogate for technetium in Hanford low activity waste borosilicate glasses: Speciation, solubility, and redox effects.

Autor: Gan, Hao, McKeown, David A., Xie, Xiaogang, Pegg, Ian L.
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Zdroj: International Journal of Applied Glass Science; Jan2023, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p97-112, 16p
Abstrakt: Re is often used as a nonradioactive surrogate for Tc in borosilicate melts because both elements have similar valences, ionic radii, and coordination environments. Re solubility in high sodium borosilicate waste glasses is sensitive to melter redox conditions; at 1150°C the solubility is ∼4130 ppm under oxidizing atmospheres. Raman, X‐ray absorption spectroscopy, and X‐ray diffraction show that Re dissolved in waste glasses under oxidizing conditions is in perrhenate tetrahedra; under more reducing conditions, Re0 separates from the melt. From air to PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $∼ 10−4 atm, both Re7+ and Tc7+ are dominant species in borosilicate melts. However, Tc and Re behaviors deviate between PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $< 10−4 atm and PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $> 10−8 atm, where Tc4+ becomes dominant, whereas Re7+ remains stable. Unlike Tc4+, Re4+ is not observed in borosilicate melts at 1150°C and associated glasses. Near PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $= 10−8 atm, Tc4+ reduces to Tc0, whereas below PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $= 10−8 atm, Re7+ reduces to Re0. Re is found to be a good surrogate for Tc under oxidizing conditions (PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $> 10−4 atm) and under highly reducing conditions (PO2$ {\rm P}_{{\rm O}_2} $< 10−9 atm). Redox and solubility behaviors of Tc and Re are also sensitive to glass chemistry, such that the fair assessment of Re modeling Tc behavior should be glass specific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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