Fisher, A.J., Imran, M.N.B., Mann, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-1652 et al. (4 more authors) (2020) Short communication : the dissolution of UK simulant vitrified high-level-waste in groundwater solutions. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 538. 152245. ISSN 0022-3115
Abstract
Dissolution of a simulant UK nuclear waste glass containing Mg, Ca and Zn was investigated over 35 d at 50 °C in water and simulant groundwater solutions. The dissolution rates were influenced subtly by the groundwater composition, following the trend, from least to most durable: clay > water > granite ≈ saline. Solutions were rapidly silica saturated but boron dissolution rates continued to increase. This is hypothesised to be due to the formation of secondary Mg-silicate precipitates, preventing the formation of a passivating silica gel layer and allowing glass dissolution to proceed at close to the maximum rate.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | ||||
Keywords: | Aluminoborosilicate glass; Nuclear waste; Chemical durability; Corrosion; Zinc; Magnesium; Calcium; Groundwater | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||
Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2020 07:27 | ||||
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 13:38 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152245 |