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Topic Title: REPORT: Plutonium-238 Alpha-Decay Damage Study of the Ceramic Waste Form
Topic Summary: S. Frank, et. al., Argonne National Lab. Investigation of the physical and chemical durability of a ceramic form
Created On: 5/21/2007 9:33 AM

 5/21/2007 9:33 AM


Lynne Robinson

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An accelerated alpha-decay damage study of a glass-bonded sodalite ceramic waste form has recently been completed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical and chemical durability of the waste form after significant exposure to alpha decay.

Citation: Frank, S.M., Barber, T.L., Cummings, D.G., DiSanto, T., Esh, D.W., Giglio, J.J., Goff, K.M., Johnson, S.G., Kennedy, J.R>, Jue, J-F, Noy, M., O'Holleran, T.P., and Sinkler, W. United States. Engineering Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory-West. Plutonium-238 Alpha-Decay Damage Study of the Ceramic Waste Form. Washington, D.C.: Department of Energy, 27 March 2006.

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