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Results from a One-Year Leach Test: Long-Term Use of Mcc-L*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. M. Strachan*
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P. O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA
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The Nuclear Waste Materials Characterization Center at Pacific Northwest Laboratory is developing standard tests to obtain data on nuclear waste forms, barriers, and backfills. These tests include performance measurements of thermal, radiation, mechanical, and chemical properties. Five tests have been developed to determine the chemical durability of waste forms under either static (MCC-IP and MCC-2P) or flowing (MCC-4S and MCC-5S) leaching environments. Maximum credible release by waste forms is determined using powders and stirred solutions (MCC-3S).

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830.

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