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A Kinetic Model of Nuclear Waste Glass Dissolution in Flowing Water Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Aaron Barkatt ,
Barbara C. Gibson  and
Marek Brandys
Aaron Barkatt
Affiliation:
Vitreous State LaboratoryThe Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064
Barbara C. Gibson
Affiliation:
Vitreous State LaboratoryThe Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064
Marek Brandys
Affiliation:
Vitreous State LaboratoryThe Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064
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Abstract

A simple kinetic model for the description of the interaction of nuclear waste borosilicate glass with water has been developed. In the case of SRL TDS-131 glass leached in water at 70°C over a broad range of flow rates this model was found useful both in describing the evolution of leachate composition as a function of exposure time at a particular flow rate and in describing the dependence of the steady-state concentrations of the leached elements in solution on flow rate in a series of flow experiments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 44: Symposium N – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VIII , 1984 , 229
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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