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1.1 Categories of Waste and Waste Generation in the Modern World |
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1 | (10) |
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1.1.1 Radioactive Wastes from Nuclear Power and Defence Operations |
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2 | (5) |
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1.1.2 Toxic and Hazardous Wastes |
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7 | (2) |
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1.1.3 Other Sources of Waste Material |
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9 | (2) |
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1.2 General Disposal Options |
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11 | (8) |
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19 | (2) |
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1.4 Waste Disposal and the Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactors |
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21 | (4) |
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1.5 Nuclear Accidents and the Lessons Learnt |
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25 | (12) |
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31 | (6) |
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2 Materials Toxicity and Biological Effects |
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37 | (20) |
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38 | (13) |
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2.1.1 Beryllium, Barium and Radium |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten |
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40 | (1) |
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2.1.4 Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium |
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40 | (1) |
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2.1.5 Platinum-Group Metals |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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2.1.7 Copper, Silver and Gold |
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42 | (1) |
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2.1.8 Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury |
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43 | (2) |
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2.1.9 Aluminium and Thallium |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (2) |
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2.1.11 Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth |
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48 | (1) |
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2.1.12 Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium |
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49 | (1) |
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2.1.13 Thorium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium and Americium |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (6) |
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55 | (2) |
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3 Glass and Ceramic Based Systems and General Processing Methods |
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57 | (18) |
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58 | (3) |
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3.1.1 Glass-Forming Ability |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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3.2.1 Silicate and Borosilicate Glasses |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Rare Earth Oxide Glasses |
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62 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Alternative Glasses |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (5) |
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3.5 Glass and Ceramic Based Composite Systems |
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68 | (1) |
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3.6 Processing of Glass and Ceramic Materials |
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68 | (7) |
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3.6.1 Melting and Vitrification |
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69 | (1) |
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3.6.2 Powder Processing and Sintering |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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3.6.5 Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis |
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70 | (1) |
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3.6.6 Microwave Processing |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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4 Materials Characterization |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (3) |
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4.3.1 Optical and Electron Microscopy |
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78 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy |
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79 | (1) |
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4.3.3 X-ray and Neutron Diffraction |
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79 | (1) |
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4.3.4 Infra-Red and Raman Spectroscopy |
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80 | (1) |
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4.3.5 Mossbauer Spectroscopy |
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80 | (1) |
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4.3.6 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
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80 | (1) |
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4.4 Mechanical Properties |
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81 | (6) |
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81 | (2) |
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4.4.2 Flexural Strength of Materials |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (4) |
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4.5 Chemical Durability and Standardized Tests |
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87 | (5) |
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92 | (2) |
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4.7 Other Properties Relevant to Wasteforms |
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94 | (1) |
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4.8 Use of Nonradioactive Surrogates |
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94 | (7) |
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96 | (5) |
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101 | (20) |
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5.1 Sources and Waste Stream Compositions |
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101 | (10) |
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5.1.1 Nuclear Reactor Spent Fuel Wastes |
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102 | (5) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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5.1.4 Special or Unusual Categories of Radioactive Waste |
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109 | (2) |
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5.2 General Immobilization Options |
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111 | (10) |
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115 | (6) |
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6 Immobilization by Vitrification |
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121 | (64) |
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6.1 Vitrification History and the Advancement of Melter Design |
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121 | (23) |
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122 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Continuous Melting by Induction Furnace |
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124 | (4) |
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6.1.3 Joule-Heated Ceramic Melters |
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128 | (3) |
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6.1.4 Cold Crucible Induction Melters |
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131 | (4) |
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6.1.5 Plasma Arc/Torch Melters |
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135 | (3) |
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6.1.6 Microwave Processing |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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6.1.9 Alternative Melting Techniques |
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138 | (2) |
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6.1.10 Vitrification Incidents and the Lessons that have been Learnt |
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140 | (4) |
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6.2 Difficult Waste Constituents |
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144 | (7) |
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6.2.1 Molybdenum and Caesium |
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144 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Platinum Group Metals |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Chromium, Nickel and Iron |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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6.3 Effect of Specific Batch Additives on Melting Performance |
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151 | (1) |
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6.4 Types of Glass and Candidate Glass Requirements |
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151 | (17) |
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6.4.1 Silicate and Borosilicate Glass |
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151 | (12) |
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163 | (2) |
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6.4.3 Rare Earth Oxide Glasses |
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165 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Alternative Glasses |
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166 | (2) |
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6.5 Glass-Forming Ability |
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168 | (1) |
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6.6 Alternative Methods for Producing Glassy Wasteforms |
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169 | (16) |
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6.6.1 Sintered and Porous Glass |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (4) |
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6.6.3 Microwave Sintering |
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175 | (1) |
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6.6.4 Self-Sustaining Vitrification |
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176 | (1) |
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6.6.5 Plasma Torch Incineration and Vitrification |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (8) |
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7 Immobilization of Radioactive Materials as a Ceramic Wasteform |
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185 | (36) |
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7.1 Titanate and Zirconate Ceramics |
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185 | (18) |
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203 | (4) |
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7.3 Aluminosilicate Ceramics |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (10) |
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212 | (9) |
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8 Immobilization of Radioactive Materials as a Glass-Ceramic Wasteform |
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221 | (20) |
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8.1 Barium Aluminosilicate Glass-Ceramics |
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222 | (1) |
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8.2 Barium Titanium Silicate Glass-Ceramics |
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222 | (1) |
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8.3 Calcium Magnesium Silicate Glass-Ceramics |
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222 | (5) |
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8.4 Calcium Titanium Silicate Glass-Ceramics |
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227 | (1) |
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8.5 Basaltic Glass-Ceramics |
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228 | (2) |
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8.6 Zirconolite Based Glass-Ceramics |
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230 | (4) |
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8.7 Alternative Silicate Based Glass-Ceramics |
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234 | (1) |
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8.8 Phosphate Based Glass-Ceramics |
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234 | (7) |
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237 | (4) |
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9 Novel Hosts for the Immobilization of Special or Unusual Categories of Radioactive Wastes |
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241 | (34) |
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241 | (5) |
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246 | (3) |
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9.3 Alternative Vitrification Routes |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (2) |
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9.5 Glass-Encapsulated Composite and Hybrid Systems |
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253 | (6) |
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259 | (1) |
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9.7 Plutonium Disposition |
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260 | (15) |
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266 | (9) |
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10 Properties of Radioactive Wasteforms |
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275 | (68) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (35) |
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10.2.1 General Principles of Glass Durability |
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277 | (5) |
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10.2.2 Durability of Silicate Based Glasses in Water |
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282 | (9) |
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10.2.3 Durability of Silicate Based Glasses in Groundwaters and Repository Environments |
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291 | (5) |
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10.2.4 Durability of Phosphate Based Glasses |
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296 | (1) |
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10.2.5 Lessons to be Learnt from Archaeological Glasses |
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297 | (4) |
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10.2.6 Ceramic Durability |
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301 | (7) |
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10.2.7 Glass-Ceramic Durability |
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308 | (1) |
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10.2.8 Durability of Glass-Encapsulated Ceramic Hybrid Wasteforms |
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309 | (1) |
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10.2.9 Influence of Colloids |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (13) |
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311 | (5) |
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316 | (7) |
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10.3.3 Glass-Encapsulated Ceramic Hybrid Stability |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (4) |
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10.5 Mechanical Properties |
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328 | (5) |
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10.6 Alternative Properties |
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333 | (10) |
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334 | (9) |
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11 Structural and Modelling Studies |
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343 | (18) |
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343 | (7) |
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11.1.1 Vitreous Wasteforms |
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343 | (6) |
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11.1.2 Ceramic Wasteforms |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (11) |
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11.2.1 Modelling Techniques |
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350 | (1) |
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11.2.2 Vitreous Wasteforms |
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350 | (6) |
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11.2.3 Ceramic Wasteforms |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (4) |
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12 Sources and Compositions of Nonradioactive Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Common Disposal Routes |
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361 | (28) |
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365 | (3) |
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12.2 Sewage and Dredging Sludges |
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368 | (2) |
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12.3 Zinc Hydrometallurgical and Red Mud Wastes |
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370 | (1) |
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12.4 Blast Furnace Slags and Electric Arc Furnace Dusts |
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370 | (1) |
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12.5 Alternative Metallurgical Wastes and Slags |
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370 | (1) |
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12.6 Metal Finishing and Plating Wastes |
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371 | (3) |
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12.7 Coal Ash and Fly Ash from Thermal Power Stations |
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374 | (5) |
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12.8 Cement Dust and Clay-Refining Wastes |
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379 | (1) |
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12.9 Tannery Industry Wastes |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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380 | (3) |
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12.12 Electrical and Electronic Wastes |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (5) |
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385 | (4) |
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13 Vitrification of Nonradioactive Toxic and Hazardous Wastes |
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389 | (40) |
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392 | (5) |
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13.2 Sewage and Dredging Sludges |
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397 | (1) |
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13.3 Zinc Hydrometallurgical and Red Mud Wastes |
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398 | (1) |
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13.4 Blast Furnace Slags and Electric Arc Furnace Dusts |
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399 | (2) |
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13.5 Alternative Metallurgical Wastes and Slags |
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401 | (2) |
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13.6 Metal Finishing and Plating Wastes |
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403 | (1) |
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13.7 Coal Ash and Fly Ash from Thermal Power Stations |
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404 | (2) |
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13.8 Cement Dust, Clay-Refining and Tannery Industry Wastes |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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13.11 Electrical and Electronic Wastes |
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408 | (1) |
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13.13 Mixed Nonradioactive Hazardous Wastes |
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409 | (1) |
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13.14 Glass-Ceramics for Nonradioactive Waste Immobilization |
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410 | (8) |
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13.15 Commercial Hazardous Waste Vitrification Facilities |
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418 | (11) |
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420 | (9) |
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14 Alternative Treatment Processes, and Characterization, Properties and Applications of Nonradioactive Wasteforms |
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429 | (22) |
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14.1 Alternatives to Vitrification |
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429 | (6) |
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14.2 Use of Alternative Waste Sources to Prepare New Materials |
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435 | (1) |
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14.3 Use of Waste Glass to Prepare New Materials |
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435 | (1) |
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14.4 Characterization, Properties and Applications of Nonradioactive Wasteforms |
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436 | (8) |
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14.4.1 Mechanical Properties |
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436 | (4) |
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14.4.2 Chemical Durability |
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440 | (1) |
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14.4.3 Structural and Modelling Studies |
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441 | (1) |
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14.4.4 Use of Less Hazardous or Nontoxic Surrogates |
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442 | (2) |
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444 | (7) |
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445 | (6) |
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15 Influence of Organic, Micro-Organism and Microbial Activity on Wasteform Integrity |
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451 | (14) |
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15.1 Micro-Organism Activity and Transport Mechanisms |
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452 | (2) |
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15.2 Repository Environments |
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454 | (3) |
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15.3 Repository Analogues |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (7) |
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462 | (3) |
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16 Concluding Remarks, Comparisons between Radioactive and Nonradioactive Waste Immobilization, and Outlook for the Future |
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465 | (28) |
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16.1 Mixed Radioactive and Nonradioactive Wastes |
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465 | (2) |
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16.2 System and Wasteform Comparisons |
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467 | (6) |
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16.2.1 Treatment Facilities |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (4) |
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16.3 Immediate and Short-Term Future Outlook |
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473 | (1) |
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16.4 Medium and Longer Term Future Outlook |
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474 | (5) |
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16.4.1 Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems |
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474 | (4) |
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16.4.2 Element Partitioning and Transmutation |
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478 | (1) |
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16.5 Choosing a Wasteform |
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479 | (7) |
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16.5.1 Wasteforms Studied in the Past and Short-Term Future Direction |
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479 | (5) |
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16.5.2 Alternative Wasteforms and Longer Term Future Direction |
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484 | (2) |
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16.6 Wasteform Characterization |
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486 | (1) |
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16.7 Standards, Regulatory Requirements, and Performance Assessments |
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487 | (2) |
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489 | (4) |
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Index |
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