Hydrothermal Studies of Simulated Defense Waste Glass Plus Basalt

Autor: Carlton C. Allen, D.L. Lane, R.G. Johnston, R. R. Adee, A. D. Marcy
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 44
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-44-451
Popis: The Basalt Waste Isolation Project is conducted for the US Department of Energy by Rockwell Hanford Operations. The Basalt Waste Isolation Project has undertaken an experimental program to test the behavior of defense waste glass under conditions relevant to a repository in basalt. Three autoclave experiments utilizing a nonradioactive simulated waste glass (Savannah River Laboratory Type 131/TDS-3A) have been completed. Monolithic discs and crushed glass particles were reacted with crushed basalt and synthetic basalt ground water for approx.1 yr at temperatures of 90/sup 0/C to 150/sup 0/C. The crushed glass proved considerable more reactive than the monoliths at similar temperatures. Raising the temperature from 90/sup 0/C to 150/sup 0/C produced a striking increase in the extent of glass alteration. At 150/sup 0/C, essentially all of the boron and most of the sodium in the glass particles were released. The major reaction products in all three experiments were smectite clay and zeolites. The two tests utilizing crushed glass also yielded analcime. Nickel, cesium, and strontium, important elements in defense waste, were released from the glass in small quantities. The nickel was incorporated into the clay, while the cesium was incorporated into the analcime. 19 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.
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