Journal
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 48, Issue 23, Pages 34298-34307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.08.007
Keywords
Perovskite; Immobilization; Caesium; Strontium; Glass; ceramic composite waste forms
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Funding
- Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, China
- Application Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- [18kfhg04]
- [2020YJ0419]
- [51502249]
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The article presents a method for immobilizing radioactive Cs and Sr simultaneously at low temperatures, and develops a suitable host phase. By fixing the polycrystalline powders in a glass matrix, glass/ceramic composite waste forms with low porosity, good compactness, and high hardness are obtained.
The disposal of radioactive Cs and Sr in high-level radioactive waste is a problem that needs to be considered in the nuclear industry. Currently, it is difficult to immobilize Cs and Sr simultaneously into a durable host phase, especially at low temperatures to avoid volatilization of Cs. Thus, perovskite-type Ba0.7-ySry(La, Cs)0.3ZrO3 (y <= 0.6) polycrystalline was synthesized by sol-gel technique at low temperatures and developed as a host to immobilize Cs and Sr. The polycrystalline powders were further fixed in glass matrix to form the glass/ceramic composite waste forms. The results show that Cs and Sr can be immobilized effectively in the lattice positions of Ba0.7-ySry(La, Cs)0.3ZrO3 at a low temperature (900 degrees C), without volatilization of Cs during the immobilization process. The glass/ceramic composite waste forms with a crystalline-amorphous phase inlaid structure, prepared with glass content of 40 wt% and sintering temperature of 800 degrees C, have low porosity, good compactness, and high hardness. The leaching rates of Cs and Sr in the waste forms can reach the order of 10-3 - 10-4 g m-2 d-1 after 14 days. This result provides an ideal host of Ba0.7-ySry(La, Cs)0.3ZrO3 for simultaneous immobilization of Cs and Sr at low temperatures, and combines the advantages of traditional glass solidification and promising ceramic solidification.
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