Crystalline ceramics are intensively investigated as effective materials in various nuclear
energy applications, such as inert matrix and accident tolerant fuels and nuclear waste …

Available publications on crystalline materials used to immobilize HLW and actinides have
been analyzed. Select compounds and solid solutions covered in this paper are phosphates …

Ceramics have played a crucial role in the development of fission based nuclear power, in
glass & glass composite high level wasteforms, in composite cements to encapsulate …

The disposal of radioactive “waste” generated by the nuclear fuel cycle is among the most
pressing and potentially costly environmental problems of the 21st century, a heritage from …

The element plutonium occupies a unique place in the history of chemistry, physics,
technology, and international relations. After the initial discovery based on submicrogram …

This book summarises approaches and current practices in actinide immobilisation using
chemically-durable crystalline materials eg ceramics and monocrystals. Durable actinide …

Several La1− xGdxPO4 solid solutions were prepared in the monazite-or rhabdophane-type
structures for various x values using three methods of preparation (direct evaporation …

Three phosphate-based ceramics were studied for the immobilization of tri-and tetravalent
actinides: britholite Ca9Nd1-xAnxIV (PO4) 5-x (SiO4) 1+ xF2, monazite/brabantite Ln1 …

One of the major issues related to the expanded use of nuclear power and the development
of advanced nuclear fuel cycles is the fate of plutonium and “minor” actinides. In addition …

This paper focuses on major phosphate-based ceramic materials relevant for the
immobilisation of Pu, minor actinides, fission and activation products. Key points addressed …