Open AccessChemical and Ceramic Methods Toward Safe Storage of Actinides
Author(s) -
Paul Morgan,
R. M. Housley,
J.B. Davis,
M.L. DeHaan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/850364
Subject(s) - monazite , actinide , plutonium , nuclear fission product , radiochemistry , fissile material , nuclear transmutation , ceramic , fission products , environmental science , chemistry , waste management , materials science , nuclear chemistry , geology , geochemistry , metallurgy , nuclear physics , engineering , zircon , physics , neutron
A very import, extremely-long-term, use for monazite as a radwaste encapsulant has been proposed. THe use of ceramic La-monazite for sequestering actinides (isolating them from the environment), especially plutonium and some other radioactive elements )e.g., fission-product rare earths), had been especially championed by Lynn Boatner of ORNL. Monazite may be used alone or, copying its compatibility with many other minerals in nature, may be used in diverse composite combinations
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