Safe immobilization of high-level radioactive waste in waste forms for geological repositories

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dc.contributor.authorVance, ERen_AU
dc.contributor.authorStewart, MWAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMoricca, SAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLumpkin, GRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBegg, BDen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-04T03:00:02Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-11-04T03:00:02Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2011-10en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-10-19en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe idea that spent fuel and other hazardous radioactive high-level wastes (HLW) would need to be dealt with arose soon after the first experimental demonstration of nuclear reactors in 1942. HLW is spent nuclear power plant fuel or waste deriving directly from reprocessing or recycling of spent fuel. This latter waste consists of mainly fission products (FPs), as well as minor actinides such as Np, Pu, Am and Cm. Table 1 shows the main components and relevant half-lives of reprocessing waste from the well-known Purex process. Also, there are abundant wastes from the production of Pu for nuclear weapons, mainly in the US and Russia. These wastes (Table 2), although designated as HLW in the US, have only around 0.1- 1% of the radioactivity per unit volume of the Purex-type HLW, and if they were located in most other countries would be categorised as intermediate-level waste (ILW). Current HLW inventories around the world run into tens of millions of tonnes. The manageability of HLW impacts directly on the sustainability of nuclear power. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitlencyclopedia of materials: science and technologyen_AU
dc.identifier.citationVance, E. R., Stewart, M. W., Moricca, S. A., Lumpkin, G. R., & Begg, B. D. (2011). Safe immobilization of high-level radioactive waste in waste forms for geological repositories. In Buschow, K. H. J., Flemings, M. C., Kramer, E. J., Veyssière, P., Cahn, R. W., Ilschner, B., & Mahajan, S. (eds), Encyclopedia of materials: science and technology, (pp. 1-5). Amsterdam : Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-043152-9.02264-8en_AU
dc.identifier.editorsBuschow, K. H. J., Flemings, M. C., Kramer, E. J., Veyssi�re, P., Cahn, R. W., Ilschner, B., & Mahajan, S.en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-08-043152-9en_AU
dc.identifier.issue2nden_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1-Mayen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-043152-9.02264-8en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/13983en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectSolidificationen_AU
dc.subjectWaste formsen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectActinidesen_AU
dc.subjectPlutoniumen_AU
dc.subjectSpent fuelsen_AU
dc.titleSafe immobilization of high-level radioactive waste in waste forms for geological repositoriesen_AU
dc.typeBook chapteren_AU
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