The main immobilization technologies that have been demonstrated for radioactive waste
disposal are cementation, bituminization, and vitrification. Vitrification is currently the most …

The development of stabilization and solidification techniques in the field of waste treatment
reflects the efforts to better protect human health and the environment with modern …

The Effects of the Glass Surface Area/Solution Volume Ratio on Glass Corrosion: A Critical
Review Page 1 ANL-94/34 Chemical Technology Division Chemical Technology Division …

A new family of non-toxic biocides based on low melting point (1250° C) transparent glasses
with high content of ZnO (15–40wt%) belonging to the miscibility region of the B2O3-SiO2 …

Cs is one of the more problematic fission product radionuclides to immobilize due to its high
volatility at elevated temperatures, ability to form water soluble compounds, and its mobility …

Recent glass formulation and melter testing data have suggested that significant increases
in waste loading in HLW and LAW glasses are possible over current system planning …

Approximately 85 million gallons of high‐level waste (HLW) is currently stored in
underground tanks at the Hanford Reservation and the Savannah River Site (SRS). The …

Borosilicate glasses used to be a choice to vitrify nuclear wastes in most of the countries.
However, Russian HLW vitrification plant at the Mayak Production Association (Chelyabinsk …

A radioactive high level waste glass was made in 1980 with Savannah River Site (SRS)
Tank 15 waste. This glass was buried in a lysimeter in the SRS burial ground for 24 years …

High‐alumina high‐level waste (HLW) glasses are prone to nepheline precipitation during
canister‐centerline cooling (CCC). If sufficient nepheline forms, the chemical durability of the …