Korean Institute of Surface Engineering

pISSN : 1225-8024 | eISSN : 3399-8403


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한국표면공학회지 (28권5호 259-266)

Study on the Leaching Characteristics of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glass with variable Composition

핵폐기용 모의글라스의 조성변화에 따른 용출특성에 관한 연구

한호현;이승한;류수착;류봉기;

부산대학교 무기재료공학과;

Abstract

In order to manufacture an attractive waste glass for the permanent and secure disposal of high-level radioactive waste, the complex composition of the simulated nuclear waste glass PNL-7668 was simplified to a composition of sodium borosilicate glass. The substitutions of $Fe_2O_3$ and $Al_2O_3$ were added to examine on the leaching characteristics of simulated nuclear waste glass with variable composition. The leach tests for these glasses were performed according to `MCC-1, Static Leach Test Procedure` in acid and basic solution. In this study, for the $Al_2O_3$-containing glasses, Na ion release from these glasses was higher in acid solution than in basic solution. As the content of $Fe_2O_3$ was increased in glasses, Na ion release was increased in acid solution, in spite of decrease of amount of total mass diminution.

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