Materials and processes for the effective capture and immobilization of radioiodine: A review

BJ Riley, JD Vienna, DM Strachan, JS McCloy… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
The immobilization of radioiodine produced from reprocessing used nuclear fuel is a
growing priority for research and development of nuclear waste forms. This review provides …

Molten salt reactor waste and effluent management strategies: A review

BJ Riley, J McFarlane, GD DelCul, JD Vienna… - … Engineering and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are being considered as one of the potential nuclear options to
meet future energy demands. While the MSR designs are drastically different from the more …

Glass-bonded iodosodalite waste form for immobilization of 129I

S Chong, JA Peterson, BJ Riley, D Tabada… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Immobilization of radioiodine is an important requirement for current and future nuclear fuel
cycles. Iodosodalite [Na 8 (AlSiO 4) 6 I 2] was synthesized hydrothermally from metakaolin …

Wet chemical synthesis of apatite-based waste forms–A novel room temperature method for the immobilization of radioactive iodine

C Cao, S Chong, L Thirion, JC Mauro… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Iodine isotopes make up∼ 0.69% of the fission products of 235U slow neutron fission, ie∼
360 g iodine per metric ton of 235U. The currently proposed technology for the removal of …

Molten salt reactors and electrochemical reprocessing: synthesis and chemical durability of potential waste forms for metal and salt waste streams

K Carlson, L Gardner, J Moon, B Riley… - International …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The molten salt reactor (MSR) is one of the leading advanced nuclear reactor candidates to
replace current nuclear reactor technologies in the US Besides having more economical …

Glass binder development for a glass-bonded sodalite ceramic waste form

BJ Riley, JD Vienna, SM Frank, JO Kroll… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper discusses work to develop Na 2 OB 2 O 3-SiO 2 glass binders for immobilizing
LiCl-KCl eutectic salt waste in a glass-bonded sodalite waste form following electrochemical …

Synthesis and characterization of iodosodalite

S Chong, J Peterson, J Nam, B Riley… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of six process variables were investigated on the hydrothermal growth of
iodosodalite, Na8Al6Si6O24I2: pH (Na OH concentration), aging time, temperature, Al/Si …

Non-volatile immobilization of iodine by the cold-sintering of iodosodalite

M ul Hassan, S Venkatesan, HJ Ryu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
A cold-sintering process at a very low temperature (300° C) achieved stable immobilization
of simulated radioiodine waste incorporated in sodalite (iodosodalite). The reported …

Incorporating technetium in minerals and other solids: A review

SA Luksic, BJ Riley, M Schweiger, P Hrma - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Technetium (Tc) can be incorporated into a number of different solids including spinel,
sodalite, rutile, tin dioxide, pyrochlore, perovskite, goethite, layered double hydroxides …

Iodosodalite synthesis with hot isostatic pressing of precursors produced from aqueous and hydrothermal processes

S Chong, BJ Riley, RM Asmussen, AR Lawter… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Iodosodalite powders were synthesized using aqueous (70° C) and hydrothermal (180° C)
methods and then hot isostatically pressed (HIP), without or with (10 or 20 mass%) sodium …