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[en] New specific matrices for the conditioning of long lived radionuclides (I, Cs, Tc, minor actinides) have been developed. This report presents the conditions of their synthesis by sintering or melting and the quantifying of their crystallographic, physical and thermal properties. A 7% mass insertion of iodine can be reached with a phosphorus-vanadium-lead iodo-apatite. A 5% mass insertion of cesium is reached with the hollandite-type crystal structure (barium aluminate-titanate). An insertion level of at least 10% mass of rare earth oxides (simulating the presence of actinides) is reached for britholite, zirconolite, thorium phosphate, monazite, and zirconolite glass/ceramic materials. The chemical durability has been also determined. Enhanced aqueous corrosion resistance, 100 times better than for the glasses used today, are obtained for iodo-apatite (I), hollandite (Cs), britholite (actinides 3+/4+), thorium phosphate (actinides 4+) and monazite (3+/4+). The first elements of stability with respect to irradiation are reported for the minor actinide conditioning matrices. External post-irradiation examinations by heavy ion bombardment coupled to atomistic modeling have been performed. The characterization of self-irradiated natural analogues of britholite, zirconolite and monazite with more than 1020 α/g disintegrations confirms the very long time stability of these mineral structures (>108 years). On the basis of the obtained results, it appears that the iodo-apatite, britholite, zirconolite, and thorium phosphate conditioning matrices have reached the stage of scientifical feasibility. The monazite matrice is on the way to reach the feasibility too. Other specific matrices for technetium (metal alloys) and cesium (hollandite) are also under development, but their long-term properties remain to be determined. (J.S.)
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Rapport sur la faisabilite scientifique des matrices nouvelles de conditionnement des radionucleides a vie longue
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2001; 105 p
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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS, DISSOLUTION, FABRICATION, MANAGEMENT, MATERIALS, MINERALS, OXIDE MINERALS, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS, PHOSPHATE MINERALS, PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS, PROCESSING, RADIATION EFFECTS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE MINERALS, RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, SEPARATION PROCESSES, THORIUM COMPOUNDS, THORIUM MINERALS, TITANIUM COMPOUNDS, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE PROCESSING
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