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 …

High-level radioactive waste is accumulating at temporary storage locations around the
world and will eventually be placed in deep geological repositories. The waste forms and …

Hydrogen bonding interactions play an important role in many chemical and physical
processes occurring in bulk liquids and at interfaces. In this study, hydrous species (H2O …

Borosilicate glasses are widely used to confine high-level radioactive wastes. The lifetime of
these materials could reach hundreds of thousands of years if leaching of the glass into …

Electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are an important component for the
transition from fossil to sustainable energy. Commercialization of cost-effective earth …

The extent of glass dissolution is dependent on time, temperature, solution chemistry, and
the glass composition, among other factors. To obtain an understanding of the relative …

The vitrification of high-level nuclear waste within borosilicate glass and its disposition within
a multi-barrier repository deep underground is accepted as the best form of disposal. Here …

Nuclear energy is considered a clean, reliable, and an inexhaustible energy source for
power generation. Nuclear power is harnessed from nuclear fission reactions in a dedicated …

Higher activity radioactive wastes represent a significant long-term human and ecological
hazard. There is an international consensus that geological disposal of these materials is …

Deep geological storage is the accepted solution for the final disposal of high-level
radioactive waste therefore, it is necessary to study the host rock of the planned Hungarian …