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The Effect of γ-radiation on Mechanical Properties of Model UK Nuclear Waste Glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2013

Owen J. McGann ,
Amy S. Gandy ,
Paul A. Bingham ,
Russell J. Hand  and
Neil C. Hyatt
Owen J. McGann
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
Amy S. Gandy
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
Paul A. Bingham
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
Russell J. Hand
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
Neil C. Hyatt
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
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Abstract

The effect of γ-radiation on the mechanical properties of model UK intermediate and high level nuclear waste glasses was studied up to a dose of 8 MGy. It was determined that γ-irradiation up to this dose had no measurable effect upon the Young’s modulus, shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio, indentation hardness, or indentation fracture toughness. The absence of measurable radiation induced changes in mechanical properties was attributed to redox mediated healing of electron-hole pairs generated by γ-irradiation by multivalent transition metal ions, in particular the Fe3+ - Fe2+ couple.

Keywords

nuclear materialsradiation effectswaste management
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1518: Symposium LL – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXVI , 2012 , pp. 41 - 46
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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