Review Article
The Influence of Radiation on Confinement Properties of Nuclear Waste Glasses
Table 1
HLW industrial immobilization (vitrification) plants [
2,
4–
16].
| Country | Facility | Type of glass: composition in wt.% |
| Russia | EP500 PA “Mayak” | NAP: 53.3 P2O5·15.8 Al2O3·1.6 Fe2O3·23.5 Na2O·5.8 miscellaneous1 | Belgium | Pamela | NAP: 70.7 P2O5·7.1 Al2O3·22.2 Fe2O3 | Belgium | Pamela | ABS: 52.7 SiO2·13.2 B2O3·2.7 Al2O3·4.6 CaO·2.2 MgO·5.9 Na2O·18.7 miscellaneous | France | AVM Marcoule | ABS: 46.6 SiO2·14.2 B2O3·5.0 Al2O3·2.9 Fe2O3·4.1 CaO·10.0 Na2O·17.2 miscellaneous | France | AVH R7/T7 La Hague | ABS: 54.9 SiO2·16.9 B2O3·5.9 Al2O3·4.9 CaO·11.9 Na2O·5.5 miscellaneous | Germany | Karlsruhe | ABS: 60.0 SiO2·17.6 B2O3·3.1 Al2O3·5.3 CaO·7.1 Na2O·6.9 miscellaneous | UK | WVP Sellafield | ABS: 47.2 SiO2·16.9 B2O3·4.8 Al2O3·5.3 MgO·8.4 Na2O·17.4 miscellaneous | US | DWPF Savannah River | ABS: 49.8 SiO2·8.0 B2O3·4.0 Al2O3·1.0 CaO·1.4 MgO·8.7 Na2O·27.1 miscellaneous | US | WVDP West Valley | ABS: 45.8 SiO2·8.4 B2O3·6.1 Al2O3·11.4 Fe2O3·1.4 MgO·9.1 Na2O·17.8 miscellaneous | US | WTP Hanford (under construction) | ABS: 50.0 SiO2·20.0 B2O3·5.0 Al2O3·25.0 Na2O | Japan | Tokai Vitrification Facility | ABS: 46.7 SiO2·14.3 B2O3·5.0 Al2O3·3.0 CaO·9.6 Na2O·21.4 miscellaneous | India | WIP Trombay | ABS: 30.0 SiO2·20.0 B2O3·25.0 PbO·5.0 Na2O·20.0 miscellaneous | India | AVS Tarapur | ABS: 34.1 SiO2·6.4 B2O3·6.2 TiO2·0.2 Na2O·9.3 MnO·43.8 miscellaneous |
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1Miscellaneous includes waste oxides.
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