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Host matrices with incorporated U and Pu oxides are obtained by melting of a zircon-containing heterogeneous mixture by virtue of exo effect of burning metallic fuel and are characterized by chemical analysis, spectrophotometric and radiometric methods, luminescence, X-ray microanalysis, and atomic emission ICP analysis. The material balance with respect to the incorporated radionuclides is preserved. The radionuclide distribution throughout the bulk of the matrix is nearly uniform. Metallic inclusions based on V, Fe, Si, and Mn, but containing no U and Pu, are found in the matrix. The investigated matrices are quite stable even under hydrothermal conditions (250°C, ∼30 atm): the leachability of U and Pu was determined to be 0.1-0.2 and 0.03 ppm, respectively, and that of Zr, Mn, and Fe, > 0.06 ppm.
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Kulyako, Y.M., Perevalov, S.A., Vinokurov, S.E. et al. Properties of Host Matrices with Incorporated U and Pu Oxides, Prepared by Melting of a Zircon-Containing Heterogeneous Mixture (by Virtue of Exo Effect of Burning Metallic Fuel). Radiochemistry 43, 626–631 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014872211529
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