Published January 1984 | Version v1
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Zeolite vitrification demonstration program: characterization of radioactive vitrified zeolite materials

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The leach behavior of radioactive vitrified zeolite material was studied as part of the Three Mile Island (TMI) Zeolite Vitrification Program conducted by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). Experimental procedures, test results, and discussions of the results are presented. The leach behavior of material from three canisters of vitrified zeolite is discussed in terms of the normalized weight loss of the glass-formers and the normalized activity loss of the fission products cesium and strontium. The leach behavior of the radioactive vitrified zeolite material is also compared to the leach behavior of MCC 76-68 reference glass. The effects of changes in the surface microstructure of the vitrified zeolite that occurred during leaching are also presented. 3 references, 23 figures, 10 tables

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A05/MF A01 as DE84007353.

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80 p.
Report number
GEND-INF--043

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15053817
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
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Descriptors DEI
BOROSILICATE GLASS; CESIUM; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LEACHING; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRONTIUM; THREE MILE ISLAND-2 REACTOR; VITRIFICATION; ZEOLITES
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ALKALI METALS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GLASS; INFORMATION; INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; MINERALS; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL REACTORS; WASTES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS