Alternative Materials For Radioactive Waste Stabilization And Nuclear Materials Containment

摘要

Materials issues with safe storage and disposal of radioactive waste streams have been a major challenge for materials scientists. Nuclear weapons and power production in the United States, Former Soviet Union countries, and Europe have left behind a wide variety of radioactive waste streams in solid and liquid state that need long-term containment and safe disposal. Other countries relying heavily on nuclear power production, such as France, India, China, and South Korea, are also accumulating radioactive waste. Containment of these waste streams, especially that of high-level waste over a geological time scale, and high activity waste over several decades till the activity of fission products is diminished to an acceptable level, needs novel and tailored materials.