Abstract

The possibility of immobilizing liquid radioactive wastes into polyfunctional microspherical materials of the block and powdered types is demonstrated. These materials are intended for reprocessing radioactive wastes of different compositions and make it possible to perform a multistage process of conditioning radioactive wastes under relatively mild conditions (at temperatures below 1000°C) with the conversion of water-soluble cesium and strontium compounds into water-insoluble mineral forms in the course of solid-phase transformations. Owing to the aluminosilicate composition of microspherical components of energy ashes (cenospheres), the cenospheres can serve as precursors of aluminosilicate granitoid minerals. Different techniques are proposed and conditions are experimentally determined for transforming precursors into final mineral-like materials of the predicted structure types chosen in the framework of the geoecological approach. The framework structures of aluminosilicates and phosphates thus formed can fix cesium and strontium in the crystal lattice and ensure the geochemical equilibrium between the matrix and incorporating granitoid rocks under conditions of long-term disposal.

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