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Radionuclide glasses should be expected to be less stable than ordinary silicates.
by ncmncm 4y ago
Radionuclide glasses should be expected to be less stable than ordinary silicates.
- kergonath 4y agoIt depends on what you call “ordinary silicates”. The matrix is mostly sodium borosilicate with a bunch of additives and is as stable as a glass could be. There are precipitates caused by some of the waste elements (things like ruthenium, rhodium and palladium, for example). They have issues but still quite far from making the glass crumble. As with all glasses, crystallisation is an open question but won’t happen for a very long time either.