Review Article
The Influence of Radiation on Confinement Properties of Nuclear Waste Glasses
Table 2
Self-irradiation types in HLW borosilicate glass matrices, after [
4,
6,
17].
| | Source (type) of radiation | Range of defects in solid | Dose after 104 years, Gy1 | Dose after 106 years, Gy | Displacements per decay |
| | 4–6 MeV α-particles | ∼20 μm | 3⋅109 | 1010 | ∼200 | | ∼0.1 MeV recoil nuclei | ∼30 nm | ∼6⋅107 | ∼3⋅109 | ∼2000 | | β-Particles | ∼mm | ∼3⋅109 | ∼4⋅109 | 1 | | γ-Irradiation | ∼2 cm | ∼2⋅109 | ∼2⋅109 | <<1 | | (n, α) nuclear reactions | ∼1 m | ∼2⋅102 | ∼3⋅103 | ∼200–2000 |
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