Synroc technology: perspectives and current status (review)

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dc.contributor.authorGregg, DJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFarzana, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorDayal, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorTriani, Gen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-02T23:06:56Zen_AU
dc.date.available2020-09-02T23:06:56Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2020-06-22en_AU
dc.date.statistics2020-09-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractDr Eric (Lou) Vance spent 32 years at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), where he was dedicated to the development of Synroc technology, a waste treatment solution for intractable nuclear wastes. The original form of Synroc, a multiphase ceramic wasteform based on stable and leach resistant titanate minerals, was invented by Australian scientists in the late 1970s. This formulation was directed toward the immobilization of PUREX wastes from the reprocessing of nuclear fuels. Synroc at ANSTO under the scientific leadership of Dr Vance since evolved beyond these original titanate ceramics into a waste treatment technology platform. This platform can be applied to produce glass, glass‐ceramic and ceramic wasteforms and offers distinct advantages in terms of waste loading and suppressing volatile losses. The platform therefore provides an opportunity to treat those waste streams that are problematic for glass matrices alone or existing vitrification process technologies. Such wastes include, for example, actinide‐bearing wastes, those that contain large proportions of refractory elements, those with significant fission product or corrosive volatile emissions and those wastes resulting from radiopharmaceutical production. The implementation of the latter will see the industrialization of Synroc technology via a first‐of‐a‐kind Synroc Waste Treatment Facility that is currently under construction at ANSTO. This paper will review Synroc technology, particularly noting the substantial and essential contributions from the late Dr Vance. The review will also provide some perspective on the development of the technology for nuclear waste immobilization and describe the significant recent advancements at ANSTO. © 1999-2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGregg, D. J., Farzana, R., Dayal, P., Holmes, R., & Triani, G. (2020). Synroc technology: perspectives and current status (review). Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(10), 5424-5441. doi:10.1111/jace.17322en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc9986en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0002-7820en_AU
dc.identifier.issue10en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the American Ceramic Societyen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination5424-5441en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17322en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/9758en_AU
dc.identifier.volume103en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_AU
dc.subjectANSTOen_AU
dc.subjectPersonnelen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectSynthetic rocksen_AU
dc.subjectWaste processingen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectScientific personnelen_AU
dc.subjectCeramicsen_AU
dc.titleSynroc technology: perspectives and current status (review)en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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