Radionuclides containment in nuclear glasses: an overview

S Gin, P Jollivet, M Tribet, S Peuget, S Schuller - Radiochimica Acta, 2017 - degruyter.com
Radioactive waste vitrification has been carried out industrially in several countries for
nearly 40 years. Research into the formulation and long term behavior of high and …

Radionuclide disposal using the pyrochlore supergroup of minerals as a host matrix—A review

SA McMaster, R Ram, N Faris, MI Pownceby - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the first large scale commercial nuclear power plant became operational in 1958, the
nuclear power industry has been faced with the growing problem of disposal of …

[HTML][HTML] Glass, ceramic, and glass-crystalline matrices for HLW immobilisation

MI Ojovan, SV Yudintsev - Open Ceramics, 2023 - Elsevier
We briefly overview the utilisation of glasses, ceramics and glass crystalline materials
(GCMs) composed of both vitreous and crystalline phases focusing on nuclear waste …

[BOOK][B] Glasses, glass-ceramics and ceramics for immobilization of highly radioactive nuclear wastes

D Caurant, P Loiseau, O Majerus… - 2007 - academia.edu
The reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel generates highly radioactive liquid wastes (HLW) that
must be isolated from the biosphere in very durable solid matrices. In the first part of this …

Crystallization of neodymium-rich phases in silicate glasses developed for nuclear waste immobilization

D Caurant, O Majerus, P Loiseau, I Bardez… - Journal of nuclear …, 2006 - Elsevier
Glass-ceramics containing neodymium-rich crystalline phases can be obtained by
crystallization of silicate glasses (nucleation+ crystal growth heat treatments) or by controlled …

Compositional dependence of solubility/retention of molybdenum oxides in aluminoborosilicate-based model nuclear waste glasses

A Brehault, D Patil, H Kamat… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum oxides are an integral component of the high-level waste streams being
generated from the nuclear reactors in several countries. Although borosilicate glass has …

Effect of Molybdenum on the Structure and on the Crystallization of SiO2–Na2O–CaO–B2O3 Glasses

D Caurant, O Majerus, E Fadel, M Lenoir… - Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Crystallization of the poorly durable Na2MoO4 phase able to incorporate radioactive cesium
must be avoided in SiO2–Al2O3–B2O3–Na2O–CaO glasses developed for the …

ZrO2 addition in soda-lime aluminoborosilicate glasses containing rare earths: Impact on the network structure

A Quintas, D Caurant, O Majérus, P Loiseau… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of increasing ZrO 2 content on the structural features of a rare earths (RE= Nd,
La) bearing soda-lime aluminoborosilicate glass was investigated through a multi …

Thermal stability of SiO2–B2O3–Al2O3–Na2O–CaO glasses with high Nd2O3 and MoO3 concentrations

N Chouard, D Caurant, O Majérus… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The incorporation of high MoO 3 amounts in borosilicate glasses developed for the
immobilization of radioactive waste may lead to the crystallization of Mo-rich phases that …

Effect of MoO3, Nd2O3, and RuO2 on the crystallization of soda–lime aluminoborosilicate glasses

N Chouard, D Caurant, O Majérus… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - Springer
The effect of adding Nd 2 O 3, MoO 3, and RuO 2 separately or simultaneously on the
crystallization of a soda–lime aluminoborosilicate glass during cooling from the melt or glass …