Cited Articles

General Overview

A. Jostsons, “Synroc, Progress and Future Prospects”, Radwaste Solutions March/April 2002

E. R. Vance, "ANSTO's Wasteform R&D Capabilities",  American Ceramic Society Annual meeting, Indianapolis ,  April 19-21, 2004 (invited presentation)-to appear in published Proceedings

B.D. Begg, “Titanate Ceramic Matrices for Nuclear Waste Immobilization” Res. Adv. in Ceramics 1, 2003

E.R. Vance, D. S. Perera, M. W. A. Stewart, B. D. Begg, M. L. Carter, R. A. Day, S. Moricca, K. L. Smith, G. R. Lumpkin and J. V. Hanna, “Current ANSTO research on waste form development at ANSTO”, WM ’03, Conference, February 23-27, 2003, Tucson, AZ

WM05 Paper: LOW-RISK WASTE FORMS TO LOCK UP HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE
B.D. Begg, R.A. Day, S. Moricca, M.W.A. Stewart and E.R. Vance
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

INEEL

R.A. Day, et al., “Glass Ceramic in a Cold-Crucible Melter:  The Optimum Combination for Greater Waste Processing Efficiency,” WM’03 Conference, February 23-27, 2003 , Tucson , AZ

Joint INEEL-ANSTO White Paper “Reduced Cost / Low Risk Waste Forms for INEEL Liquid Tank Waste and INEEL HLW Calcine”, June 2004.

Actinides

US Department of Energy, Record of Decision for the Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Useable Fissile Materials, Final Programatic Environmental Impact Statement, Jan. 14, 1997 .

B.R. Myers, G.A. Armantrout, C.M. Jantzen, A. Jostsons, H.F. Shaw, D.M. Strachan and J.D. Vienna, Technical Evaluation Panel Summary Report: Ceramic and Glass Immobilization Options, US Report UCRL-ID-129315 (1998).

E.R. Vance, A. Jostsons, S. Moricca, M.W.A Stewart, R.A. Day, B.D. Begg, M.J. Hambley, K.P. Hart and B.B. Ebbinghaus, “Synroc Derivatives for Excess Weapons Plutonium”  Environmental Issues and Wasste Management Technologies IV, Ceramic Transactions 93, Eds. J.C. Marra and G.T. Chandler, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, USA 323-29 (1999).

M.W.A. Stewart, E.R. Vance, A. Jostsons, K. Finnie, A.R. Day, B.B. Ebbinghaus, “Atmosphere Processing Effects on Titanate Ceramics Designed for Plutonium Disposition” in Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV, edited by B.P. McGrail and G.A. Cragnolino, Materials Research Society, Warrendale PA (2002), 381-388.

M.W.A. Stewart, E.R. Vance, A. Jostsons, and B.B. Ebbinghaus, “Near-Equilibrium Processing of Ceramics for Actinide Disposition”, J. Australasian Ceram . Soc., 39 [2] 130-148 (2003).

A.Macfarlane, "Immobilization of Excess Weapon Plutonium: A Better Alternative to Glass". Science & Global Security 7 (1998): 271-309.

Niche Wastes

MWA Stewart, E.R. Vance and R.A. Day, “Titanate Wasteforms for Tc-99 Immobilization” WM’04 Conference, February 29- March 4, 2004 , Tucson , AZ

M.L.Carter, E.R.Vance and H.Li, “Hollandite-rich ceramic melts”, in Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies IX, eds. J.D.Vienna and D.R.Spearing (American Ceramic Society, Columbus OH , 2004), pp.21-30.

M.L.Carter, E.R.Vance and H.Li, "Hollandite-rich ceramic melts for the immobilisation of Cs”, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII, eds. V.M.Oversby and L.O.Werme (Materials Research Society, Warrendale PA, 2004), pp.249-54.

M.L.Carter, E.R.Vance, H.Li and D.J.Cassidy, "Hollandite-rich ceramics: Effect of composition on melting temperature", Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society ( Indianapolis , April 2004),

K.P. Hart, E.R. Vance, R.A. Day, B.D. Begg, P.J. Angel and A. Jostsons, “Immobilization of Separated Tc and Cs/Sr in Synroc” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol 412, 281-87 (1996)

M. L. Carter, E. R. Vance, D. R. G. Mitchell , J. V. Hanna, Z. Zhang, E. Loi, “Fabrication, characterisation, and leach testing of hollandite (Ba,Cs)(Al,Ti)₂Ti₆O₁₆”, J. Mater.  Res., 17 (10) 2578-89 (2002)