Thermal Effects and Glass Crystallization in Composite Matrices for Immobilization of the Rare-Earth Element–Minor Actinide Fraction of High-Level Radioactive …

SV Yudintsev, MI Ojovan, VI Malkovsky - Journal of Composites Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
The current policy of managing high-level waste (HLW) derived in the closed nuclear fuel
cycle consists in their vitrification into B-Si or Al-P vitreous forms. These compounds have …

Crystallization of yttrium and samarium aluminosilicate glasses

DC Lago, MO Prado - Physics Procedia, 2013 - Elsevier
Aluminosilicate glasses containing samarium and yttrium (SmAS and YAS glasses) exhibit
high glass transition temperatures, corrosion resistance, and glass stability on heating which …

Glasses for Nuclear Waste Immobilization. Effect of Lutetium Addition on Yttrium Aluminosilicate Glass Crystallization Kinetics

DC Lago, MB Bortot, MO Prado - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Glasses have emerged as alternative materials that can be used for long-term treatment and
management of radioactive waste. Specifically, glasses can be used as a matrix to …

Study on fused/cast AZS refractories for deployment in vitrification of radioactive waste effluents

P Sengupta, RK Mishra, N Soudamini, D Sen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Fused/cast Al 2 O 3–ZrO 2–SiO 2 (FC-AZS)'is being considered as 'glass contact
refractory'within ceramic melters, to be used for nuclear waste immobilization …