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Respirable Fines Produced by Impacts of Simulated Alternative High-Level Waste Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Leslie J. Jardine ,
Gerald T. Reedy  and
William J. Mecham
Leslie J. Jardine
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439
Gerald T. Reedy
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439
William J. Mecham
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Abstract

Standardized comparative drop weight impact tests were conducted on solid alternative waste forms under consideration for immobilizing Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) defense wastes. The fragment size distributions were measured in the size ranges of ֮5 to 8000 μm. All waste form fragment size distributions could be described accurately by lognormal plots. Respirable sizes (≤10 μm) were measured. Borosilicate glass and SYNROC specimens yielded the same mass fractions of respirable sizes; FUETAP concrete, high silica and alkoxide glass specimens yielded ֮2–3 times more mass fractions of particles of respirable sizes, whereas tailored (Spinel) ceramic specimens yielded the smallest mass fractions of respirable sizes, ֮2–1/2 times less.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 115
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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