Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods

CL Thorpe, JJ Neeway, CI Pearce, RJ Hand… - npj Materials …, 2021 - nature.com
Standard methods to assess the durability of vitrified radioactive waste were first developed
in the 1980's and, over the last 40 years, have evolved to yield a range of responses …

Atom-probe tomography, TEM and ToF-SIMS study of borosilicate glass alteration rim: a multiscale approach to investigating rate-limiting mechanisms

S Gin, P Jollivet, GB Rossa, M Tribet… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Significant efforts have been made into understanding the dissolution of silicate glasses and
minerals, but there is still debate about the formation processes and the properties of surface …

Structural role of ZrO2 and its impact on properties of boroaluminosilicate nuclear waste glasses

X Lu, L Deng, S Kerisit, J Du - npj Materials Degradation, 2018 - nature.com
Addition of zirconia (ZrO2) to nuclear waste glasses, even in small amount, significantly
affects physical properties such as chemical durability, density, viscosity, and glass transition …

Kinetic study and structural evolution of SON68 nuclear waste glass altered from 35 to 125 C under unsaturated H2O and D2O18 vapour conditions

R Bouakkaz, A Abdelouas, B Grambow - Corrosion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The French reference SON68 nuclear waste glass corrosion under H 2 O and D 2 O 18
atmosphere was investigated at 35− 125° C and different relative humidities (92–99.9%) …

Structural features of ISG borosilicate nuclear waste glasses revealed from high-energy X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamics simulations

X Lu, M Ren, L Deng, CJ Benmore, J Du - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Vitrification is a widely accepted method to immobilize nuclear waste. Detailed structural
information is critical to understand the physical and chemical behaviors, including the long …

Corrosion of the International Simple Glass under acidic to hyperalkaline conditions

DJ Backhouse, AJ Fisher, JJ Neeway… - npj Materials …, 2018 - nature.com
Assessment of glass dissolution kinetics, under disposal relevant temperature and pH
environments, is required to credibly estimate radionuclide release rates from vitrified …

Effects of vapor hydration and radiation on the leaching behavior of nuclear glass

H Zhang, T Suzuki-Muresan, S Gin, G Blain… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the long-term disposal of high-level nuclear waste glass in the geological disposal
facility, the nuclear glass could be exposed to an unsaturated vapor environment prior to the …

Investigation of gamma radiation effects on spectroscopic, thermal, and corrosion properties of the International Simple Glass (ISG)

JA Jiménez, CL Crawford, RJ Lascola… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the effects of gamma ray irradiation on various properties of the
nuclear waste glass simulant known as International Simple Glass (ISG). The study was …

Physical and optical properties of the International Simple Glass

TC Kaspar, JV Ryan, CG Pantano, J Rice… - npj Materials …, 2019 - nature.com
Radioactive waste immobilization is a means to limit the release of radionuclides from
various waste streams into the environment over a timescale of hundreds to many …

Understanding of the mechanical and structural changes induced by alpha particles and heavy ions in the French simulated nuclear waste glass

G Karakurt, A Abdelouas, JP Guin, M Nivard… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Borosilicate glasses are considered for the long-term confinement of high-level nuclear
wastes. External irradiations with 1 MeV He+ ions and 7 MeV Au 5+ ions were performed to …