GLASS FORMING SLURRY SOLIDIFYING NUCLEAR WASTE AND SOLIDIFYING METHOD

摘要

An alkoxide glass former composition has silica-containing constituents present as solid particulates of a particle size of 0.1 to 0. 7 micrometers in diameter in a liquid carrier phase substantially free of dissolved silica. The glass former slurry is resistant to coagulation and may contain other glass former metal constituents. The immobilization of nuclear waste employs the described glass former by heating the same to reduce the volume, mixing the same with the waste, and melting the resultant mixture to encapsulate the waste in the resultant glass.