A review on vitrification technologies of hazardous waste

RC Sanito, M Bernuy-Zumaeta, SJ You… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vitrification technology provides a solution for the issue of safe disposal of hazardous waste
containing harmful chemical composition and organic pollutants. This review discusses …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Illustration of distinct nuclear radiation transmission factors combined with physical and elastic characteristics of barium boro-bismuthate glasses

G Lakshminarayana, A Kumar, HO Tekin, SAM Issa… - Results in Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract For B 2 O 3-Bi 2 O 3-BaO glass system, γ, proton, alpha, electron, and neutron
radiation shielding aspects were examined. Adopting Phy-X/PSD software, mass attenuation …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Glasses and glass-ceramics for nuclear waste immobilization

D Caurant, O Majérus - … of materials: technical ceramics and glasses, 2021 - hal.science
As all other industries and human activities, nuclear industry generates waste during energy
production (electricity) or weapons fabrication. However, in the case of nuclear industry …

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 …

Zirconolite matrices for the immobilization of REE–actinide wastes

SV Yudintsev, MS Nickolsky, MI Ojovan, OI Stefanovsky… - Ceramics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The structural and chemical properties of zirconolite (ideally CaZrTi2O7) as a host phase for
separated REE–actinide-rich wastes are considered. Detailed analysis of both natural and …

Vitrification as a key solution for immobilisation within nuclear waste management

MI Ojovan - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Vitreous materials in the form of both relatively homogeneous glasses and composite glass
crystalline materials (GCM) incorporating disperse crystalline phases are currently the most …

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 …

Radioactive waste (RAW) conditioning, immobilization, and encapsulation processes and technologies: overview and advances

CM Jantzen, WE Lee, MI Ojovan - Radioactive Waste Management and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The main immobilization technologies that have been demonstrated for radioactive waste
disposal are cementation, bituminization, and vitrification. Vitrification is currently the most …