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ORNL to partner with Type One, UTK on fusion facility
Yesterday, Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that it is in the process of partnering with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. That partnership will have one primary goal: to establish a high-heat flux facility (HHF) at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Bull Run Energy Complex in Clinton, Tenn.
Xiaonan Liu, Yi Ding, Xirui Lu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 198 | Number 1 | April 2017 | Pages 64-69
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1292810
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In this work, the immobilization of simulated radionuclide 90Sr by fly ash-slag-metakaolin–based geopolymer was investigated. It was found that the thermal stability (high-temperature and freeze-thaw resistance) of the geopolymer waste forms were better than that of cement. The geopolymer waste forms can acquire a compressive strength up to 10 MPa after 2 h calcination at 1000°C. Furthermore, the leaching tests revealed that the fly ash-slag-metakaolin–based geopolymer waste forms had lower cumulative fraction leaching rates of 90Sr than that of cement. These results gave encouragement for the idea that the fly ash-slag-metakaolin–based geopolymers could be used as low cost and high efficiency host materials for the immobilization of radioactive wastes.