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Interaction of a Glass-Based Nuclear Waste Simulant and Natural Rock

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Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management

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An experiment was conducted to determine the interaction between a glass containing simulated radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor and natural rock. (1) This experiment was part of a study to examine the feasibility of disposing of high level radioactive wastes in solid rock bore holes in which radioactive heat would generate a molten zone at depth. As the molten zone cooled by dilution and natural aging of the radioisotopes, it would solidify to form a silicate mass which would hopefully retain the waste elements for a long period of time relative to their half-lives.

This work was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), under contract AT(29-1)-789.

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  1. R. D. Klett, “High Level Waste Melting Experiment,” Proc. of the Symposium on Waste Management 175, 127–137.

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  2. P. F. Hlava and W. F. Chambers, “Electron Microprobe Analyses of Selected Samples from Deep Rock Disposal Experiment #1,” SAND76-0153, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, April 1976.

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  1. Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA

    Paul F. Hlava & William F. Chambers

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  1. Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Gregory J. McCarthy

  2. Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Richard L. Schwoebel

  3. United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA

    R. W. Potter II

  4. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA

    Arnold M. Friedman

  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    John G. Moore

  6. Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Harry C. Burkholder

  7. Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin, Germany

    Werner Lutze

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Hlava, P.F., Chambers, W.F. (1979). Interaction of a Glass-Based Nuclear Waste Simulant and Natural Rock. In: McCarthy, G.J., et al. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9107-8_33

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