TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of brannerite structured materials for nuclear waste management
AU - Zhang, Yingjie
AU - Mir, Anamul H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Special acknowledgement goes to many ANSTO colleagues and international collaborators for their support and collaborations. The research results contributed by ANSTO team were kindly funded by Nuclear Science and Technology (NST), ANSTO. AHM acknowledges the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for funding under Grants EP/T012811/1 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Brannerite structured materials (AB2O6) have attracted recent attention as nuclear materials particularly as candidate waste forms for the immobilization of uranium-rich radioactive wastes. As such, the fundamental aspects of brannerite such as synthesis, crystal chemistry, polymorphism, uranium valence states, vibrational modes, chemical durability, and radiation damage have been investigated. Besides full ceramics, brannerite based glass-ceramic composite materials have also been developed as advanced waste forms with unique advantages in terms of incorporating chemical impurities and ease of processing. This review will cover the latest advances of brannerite structured materials focusing on synthesis, structures and spectroscopies, waste form design strategies for both full ceramics and glass-ceramics, and briefly on processing techniques and waste form performance studies. In addition, technical challenges and perspectives are given to determine the knowledge gaps for future research.
AB - Brannerite structured materials (AB2O6) have attracted recent attention as nuclear materials particularly as candidate waste forms for the immobilization of uranium-rich radioactive wastes. As such, the fundamental aspects of brannerite such as synthesis, crystal chemistry, polymorphism, uranium valence states, vibrational modes, chemical durability, and radiation damage have been investigated. Besides full ceramics, brannerite based glass-ceramic composite materials have also been developed as advanced waste forms with unique advantages in terms of incorporating chemical impurities and ease of processing. This review will cover the latest advances of brannerite structured materials focusing on synthesis, structures and spectroscopies, waste form design strategies for both full ceramics and glass-ceramics, and briefly on processing techniques and waste form performance studies. In addition, technical challenges and perspectives are given to determine the knowledge gaps for future research.
KW - Brannerite
KW - Ceramic
KW - Glass-ceramic
KW - Immobilization
KW - Nuclear waste
KW - Waste form
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154512
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154512
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85159199210
VL - 583
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
SN - 0022-3115
M1 - 154512
ER -
