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    Tc and Re Behavior in Borosilicate Waste Glass Vapor Hydration Tests

    Technetium (Tc), found in some nuclear wastes, is of particular concern with regard to long-term storage, because of its long-lived radioactivity and high mobility in the environment. Tc and rhenium (Re), comm...

    David A. McKeown, Andrew C. Buechele, Wayne W. Lukens in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2007)

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    Formulation, Testing, and Structural Characterization of High-Zirconium High-Level Waste Glasses

    A range of compositions of high-zirconia borosilicate glasses were formulated and their structures investigated by a combination of techniques. These compositions have potential applications for high-level nuc...

    David A. McKeown, Isabelle S. Muller, Andrew C. Buechele in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1999)

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    Effect of Surface Layers on the Dissolution of Nuclear Waste Glasses

    Explanation of the striking non-linear effect of glass composition on the aqueous dissolution represents an important challenge to existing dissolution mechanisms. Surface layers that are formed during glass d...

    Shi-Ben **ng, Andrew C. Buechele, Ian L. Pegg in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1993)

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    Observation by Sem/Edxs of Leached Layers on SRL-165 Glass from 5-Year MIIT Test

    Long-term tests on the durability of nuclear waste glasses, both under laboratory conditions and in actual burial environments, have shown that after periods of several months or years the rates of glass corro...

    Pedro B. Macedo, Andrew C. Buechele in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1992)