The Influence of Radiation on Confinement Properties of Nuclear Waste Glasses

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Temperature (°С)</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Glass</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Leaching rate (mg/cm<sup>2</sup> × day))</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Nonirradiated</td><td class="align_center">Irradiated</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">25–50</td><td class="align_center">UK 189</td><td class="align_center">1.3</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">125–150</td><td class="align_center">UK 210</td><td class="align_center">1.4</td><td class="align_center">1.9</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Effect of <i>β</i>-irradiation equivalent to 3 × 10<sup>9</sup> Gy on leaching rates of borosilicate glasses [<a href="/journals/stni/2020/8875723/#B50" target="_blank">50</a>].</div>

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