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[en] Simulated high level radioactive waste (HLW) similar to these generated from nuclear fuel reprocessing has been incorporated in a very stable, inert, crystalline, durable solid waste form. This solid form is an assemblage of three mineral phases, Hollandite (BaAl2Ti6O16), Perovskite (CaTiO3) and Zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7). these phases are known for their high thermodynamic stability, their compatibility with each other, and their ability to incorporate a wide range of HLW ions in their crystal lattice structures. A subsolidus sintering technique has been developed in this research as an alternative method for processing which has sown its advantages over a previously proposed hot pressing technique particularly for remote operation in high gamma radiation fields. The sintered SYNROC-B ceramic produced by this technique has fine-grained micro-structure (approx. 1 to 3 μm grain diameter) with uniform distribution for HLW ions in a locally heterogeneous three-phase system. Phase identification has been carried out by x-ray diffraction techniques
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1980; 109 p; University Microfilms Order No. 81-11,018; Thesis (Ph. D.).
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ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS, ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS, ALUMINIUM OXIDES, BARIUM COMPOUNDS, BARIUM OXIDES, CALCIUM COMPOUNDS, CALCIUM OXIDES, CHALCOGENIDES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, COHERENT SCATTERING, DIFFRACTION, DISSOLUTION, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, FABRICATION, IONIZING RADIATIONS, MANAGEMENT, MINERALS, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, RADIATIONS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE WASTES, ROCKS, SCATTERING, SEPARATION PROCESSES, SPECTROSCOPY, TITANIUM COMPOUNDS, TITANIUM OXIDES, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE PROCESSING, WASTES, ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS, ZIRCONIUM OXIDES
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