Ojovan, M.I. orcid.org/0000-0001-8928-4879 (2025) Vitrification as a key solution for immobilisation within nuclear waste management. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 50 (5). pp. 3253-3261. ISSN 2193-567X
Abstract
Vitreous materials in the form of both relatively homogeneous glasses and composite glass crystalline materials (GCM) incorporating disperse crystalline phases are currently the most reliable wasteforms effectively used on industrial scale for nuclear waste immobilisation. Glasses are stable solid-state materials with a topologically disordered atomic structure in the form of solid solutions, i.e. solutions frozen via vitrification to a solid state without forming regular crystalline phases. Nuclear waste vitrification is attractive because of technological and compositional flexibility enabling hazardous elements to be safely immobilised and providing a glassy material characterised by high corrosion resistance, mechanical and radiation durability, as well as effectively reducing the volume of the resulting wasteform.
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Keywords: | Nuclear waste; Immobilisation; Vitrification; Glass; Durability; Waste disposal |
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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) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2025 16:45 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2025 16:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s13369-024-09292-z |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224257 |