Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII: Volume 556

Safe and effective management of nuclear waste provides a broad range of challenges for materials science. Waste processing, waste form and engineered barrier properties, interactions between engineered and geological systems, radiation effects, chemistry and transport of waste species, and long-term predictions of repository performance are just some of the scientific problems facing modern society. This book, the 22nd in a very successful series from MRS, offers an international and inter-disciplinary perspective on the issues, and features developments in both fundamental and applied areas. Topics include: development and characterization of ceramic waste forms
ceramic waste form corrosion
glass waste form processing
glass formulation, properties and structure
glass waste form corrosion
spent nuclear fuel
performance assessment
repository backfill
flow and transport
natural analogues
container corrosion
metal waste form corrosion
radionuclide speciation and solubility
radionuclide sorption
microbial effects
radiation effects
cement waste forms and waste treatment.