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Determination of the maximum dissolution rates of the Belgian reference glasses at very alkaline pH and 30 °C
Karine Ferrand1, Sébastien Caes1, Karel Lemmens1, Katrien Meert2
1SCK CEN, Belgium; 2ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgium
9:15am - 9:30am
The effect of alkali metal and alkaline earth cations on the dissolution behaviour of UK High Level Waste glass
Jenny Ayling1, Mike Harrison2, Claire Corkhill1,3, Clare. L Thorpe1
1NucleUS Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; 2National Nuclear Laboratory, Central Laboratory, Sellafield, Cumbria, UK; 3School of Earth Sciences, South West Nuclear Hub, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
9:30am - 9:45am
Impact of iron on the durability of vitrified radioactive waste
Rachel Crawford1, Claire Corkhill2, Clare L Thorpe1
1Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; 2School of Earth Sciences, South West Nuclear Hub, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
9:45am - 10:00am
The use of glasses from archeological and natural sites to understand the long-term alteration of nuclear waste glasses
James Neeway1, Jose Marcial1, Carolyn Pearce1, David Kosson2, Clare Thorpe3, Russell Hand3, Albert Kruger4
1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA; 2Vanderbilt University, USA; 3The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 4US Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, USA
10:00am - 10:15am
Glass alteration in complex natural environments: results from the Ballidon long-term burial experiment
Clare L Thorpe, Garry Manifold, Stuart Creasey-Gray, Rachel Crawford, Claire L Corkhill, Russell J Hand
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
10:15am - 10:30am
High Energy Radiation Tolerance of Iron Phosphate Glasses: Molecular Dynamics Study
Cillian James Cockrell1, Kitheri Joseph2, Maulik Patel3, Robin Grimes1, Kostya Trachenko4
1Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research; 3University of Liverpool; 4Queen Mary University of London
