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Stanley T. Kosiewicz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 1 | July 1981 | Pages 92-99
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32756
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Gas generation rates from the alpha radiolysis of typical organic transuranic wastes are affected by the organic matrix, dose rate, dose, and temperature. The matrices under test were cellulosics, plastics, and rubber materials. Gas generation rates from cellulosics were found to be dose-rate independent and dose dependent. Increasing the temperature increased the rate of gas generation for cellulosics.