Synroc

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dc.contributor.authorReeve, KDen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevins, DMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRamm, EJen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-30T02:10:14Zen_AU
dc.date.available2025-07-30T02:10:14Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1988en_AU
dc.date.statistics2025-07-14en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe primary objective of the Synroc strategy for high-level waste (HLW) management is to provide a wasteform which has a much greater resistance to leaching by groundwaters than borosilicate glass and which is capable of maintaining its integrity in suitable geological environments for periods exceeding one million years. A further objective of this strategy is to utilize a waste form, Synroc, which is capable of generating public confidence in its ability to function effectively as an immobilization barrier for very long periods. Section 2 of this chapter deals with the composition and preparation chemistry, mineralogy and microstructure of Synroc-C. Section 3 discusses chemical durability: the effect of fundamental variables and fabrication parameters on leach rates. Section 4 discusses radiation damage in the various mineral components of Synroc-C caused by fast-neutrons, alpha-particles and other fission fragments. Section 5 deals with thermal and mechanical properties. In section 6 the ANSTO/ANU Synroc demonstration plant is described and section 7 is a comparative assessment of Synroc versus borosilicate glass.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipPhysical copy of the book and Book chapter held by ANSTO Library at DDC: 621.4838/3en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitleRadioactive waste forms for the futureen_AU
dc.identifier.chapter4en_AU
dc.identifier.citationReeve, K. D., Levins, D. M., & Ramm, E. J. (1988). Synroc. In Lutze, W., & Ewing, R. C. (Ed.), Radioactive waste forms for the future, (pp. 233-334). North-Holland : Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.en_AU
dc.identifier.editorsLutze, W., & Ewing, R. C.en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn044487047en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination233-334en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationNorth Hollanden_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/16362en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevier Science Publishers B. V.en_AU
dc.subjectChemical compositionen_AU
dc.subjectChemical preparationen_AU
dc.subjectHigh-level radioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectMechanical propertiesen_AU
dc.subjectMineralogyen_AU
dc.subjectPhase studiesen_AU
dc.subjectPhysical radiation effectsen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive waste storageen_AU
dc.subjectReviewsen_AU
dc.subjectSynthetic rocksen_AU
dc.subjectThermodynamic propertiesen_AU
dc.subjectWaste storageen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive materialsen_AU
dc.titleSynrocen_AU
dc.typeBook chapteren_AU
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