| Preface |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
| Container Studies |
| The Influence of Environmental Conditions and Passive Film Properties on the MIC of Engineered Barriers in the Yucca Mountain Repository / A.C. Llyod ; R.J. Schuler ; J.J. Noel ; D.W. Shoesmith |
| A Probabilistic Model for Degradation of the Engineered Barriers System in the Yucca Mountain Repository / Z. Qin |
| Conductivity Behavior of Salt Deposits on the Surface of Engineered Barrier Materials for the Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada / Lietai Yang ; Miriam R. Juckett ; Roberto T. Pabalan |
| The Effect of Fabrication Processes on the Governing Mechanical Failure Criteria for Alloy 22, Ti-Grade 2/7, and Ti-Grade 5/24 Alloys / Aladar A. Csontos ; Darrell S. Dunn ; Yi-Ming Pan ; Gustavo A. Cragnolino |
| Effect of Inhibiting Oxyanions on the Localized Corrosion Susceptibility of Waste Package Container Materials / D.S. Dunn ; L. Yang ; C. Wu ; G.A. Cragnolino |
| The Effect of Environmental Chemistry on the Pb Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Mill-Annealed Alloy 22 and GTAW Weldments / Leitai Yang |
| Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers in Aqueous Sulphide Solutions / J. Smith ; F. King ; L. Werme |
| Creep Testing of Thick-Wall Copper Electron Beam and Friction Stir Welds / Henrik C.M. Andersson ; Facredin Seitisleam ; Rolf Sandstrom |
| Finite Element Modeling of Temperature Distribution in Friction Stir Welding Process and Its Influence on Distortion of Copper Canisters / Therese Kallgren ; Lai-Zhe Jin |
| Electrochemical Evaluation and Surface Characterization of Josephinite as a Natural Analog for Container Materials |
| Spent Nuclear Fuel And UO[subscript 2] |
| Radionuclides Release Model for Performance Assessment Studies of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Geological Disposal / Christophe Poinssot ; Patrick Lovera ; Cecile Ferry |
| An Experimental Basis for a Mixed Potential Model for Nuclear Fuel Corrosion Within a Failed Waste Container / F. Garisto |
| Reexamining the Dissolution of Spent Fuel: A Comparison of Different Methods for Calculating Rates / Brady D. Hanson ; Ray B. Stout |
| Impact of Hydrogen Overpressure on Spent Fuel Alteration Behavior in Salt Brine During a Three-Year Long Corrosion Test / Andreas Loida ; Volker Metz ; Bernhard Kienzler ; Horst Geckeis |
| Can Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat Prevent Radionuclide Release? / James L. Jerden Jr. ; Margaret M. Goldberg ; James C. Cunnane ; Theodore H. Bauer ; Roald A. Wigeland ; Russell E. Nietert |
| Technetium and Molybdenum in Oxide Spent Nuclear Fuel: Impact on Release Estimates / Jeffrey A. Fortner ; A. Jeremy Kropf ; Robert J. Finch |
| Initial Results From Dissolution Testing of Spent Fuel Under Acidic Conditions / Judah I. Friese ; Chuck Z. Soderquist |
| Behavior of UO[subscript 2] in the RBMK-1000 Spent Fuel Under Oxidizing Conditions / A.B. Kolyadin ; V.Ya. Mishin ; K.Ya. Mishin ; A.S. Aloy ; T.I. Koltsova |
| Neptunium(V) Incorporation/Sorption With Uranium(VI) Alteration Products / J.I. Friese ; M. Douglas ; E.C. Buck ; S.B. Clark ; B.D. Hanson |
| Evidence for Neptunium Incorporation Into Uranium(VI) Phases / Edgar C. Buck ; Matt Douglas ; Bruce K. McNamara |
| A Radiochemical Analyses of Metastudtite and Leachates From Spent Fuel / Bruce McNamara ; Brady Hanson ; Edgar Buck ; Chuck Soderquist |
| Effect of External Gamma Irradiation on Dissolution of the UO[subscript 2] Matrix / C. Jegou ; B. Muzeau ; V. Broudic ; S. Peuget ; A. Poulesquen ; D. Roudil |
| An Experimental Study on the Influence of Gamma Radiation on Spent Fuel Dissolution in the Presence of a H[subscript 2] Atmosphere / Javier Quinones ; Jose Manuel Cobo ; Angel Gonzalez de la Huebra ; Aurora Martinez Esparza |
| Radiolytic Corrosion of [superscript 238]Pu-Doped UO[subscript 2] Pellets in 5 M NaCl Solution / M. Kelm ; E. Bohnert |
| Leaching Behavior of Low -Activity Alpha-Doped UO[subscript 2] / Vincenzo V. Rondinella ; Joaquin Cobos ; Thierry Wiss |
| The Effect of Alpha-Radiolysis on UO[subscript 2] Dissolution Determined From Batch Experiments With [superscript 238]Pu-Doped UO[subscript 2] / Simcha Stroes-Gascoyne ; James S. Betteridge |
| Corrosion/Electrochemistry of Uranium Dioxide in Slightly Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions / Jon S. Goldik ; James J. Noel ; David W. Shoesmith |
| The Dissolution of Uranophane in CaCl[subscript 2]-SiO[subscript 2](aq) Test Solutions / James D. Prikryl ; William M. Murphy |
| Thermal Diffusion of Helium and Volatil Fission Products in UO[subscript 2] and Zirconolite Nuclear Ceramics / Daniele Roudil ; Xavier Deschanels ; Patrick Trocellier ; Francois Jomard ; Annick Boutry ; Christophe Jegou ; Sylvain Peuget ; Dominique Gosset ; Pieere Nivet |
| Influence of Defect Interactions on Diffusion Processes in UO[subscript 2+x]: A Key Issue for Understanding the Behavior of Spent Nuclear Fuel / Georgette Petot-Ervas ; Gianguido Baldinozzi ; Pascal Ruello ; Lionel Desgranges ; Georgeta Chirlesan ; Claude Petot |
| Effect of Gadolinium Doping on the Air Oxidation of Uranium Dioxide / Randall D. Scheele ; Stephen E. Cumblidge ; Evan D. Jenson ; Anne E. Kozelisky ; Rachel L. Sell ; Paul J. MacFarlan ; Lanee A. Snow |
| Ceramic Waste Forms |
| Self-Irradiation of Monazite Ceramics: Contrasting Behavior of PuPO[subscript 4] and (La,Pu)PO[subscript 4] Doped With Pu-238 / Boris E. Burakov ; Maria A. Yagovkina ; Vladimir M. Garbuzov ; Alexander A. Kitsay ; Vladimir A. Zirlin |
| Investigation of Pu Incorporation Into Zircon Single Crystal / John M. Hanchar ; Maria V. Zamoryanskaya |
| Electron Microprobe Investigation of Ti-Pyrochlore Doped With Pu-238 |
| REE and TRU Incorporation Into Monazite Structure Ceramics / S.I. Rovnyi ; G.M. Medvedev ; S.E. Samoylov |
| The Effect of Cs on the Structural Properties of Barium Titanate Hollandites / K.R. Whittle ; G.R. Lumpkin ; S.E. Ashbrook |
| Mn Oxidation States in Ba[subscript x]Cs[subscript y]Mn[subscript z]Ti[subscript 8-z]O[subscript 16] / M.L. Carter ; E.R. Vance ; D.R.G. Mitchell ; Z. Zhang |
| The Immobilization of Chloride-Containing Actinide Waste in a Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Host: Ageing Studies / B.L. Metcalfe ; I.W. Donald ; R.D. Scheele ; D.M. Strachan |
| Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Pu Ions in Zirconolite and Perovskite / K.S. Finnie ; Y. Zhang ; B.D. Begg |
| Zirconolite-Based Ceramic Formulations for Immobilization of Zr-REE-Actinide Fraction of HLW / A.V. Ochkin ; S.V. Stefanovsky ; A.G. Ptashkin ; N.S. Mikhailenko ; O.I. Kirjanova |
| Formation Rate and Compositions of the Actinide Hosts With Garnet Structure / Tatiana S. Ioudintseva ; Soo-Chun Chae |
| Correlation of Formation Enthalpies With Critical Amorphization Temperature for Pyrochlore and Monazite / K.B. Helean ; A. Navrotsky ; J. Lian ; R.C. Ewing |
| Corrosion Study of Actinide Waste Forms With Garnet-Type Structure / Sergey V. Yudintsev ; Anna A. Osherova ; Alexander V. Dubinin ; Alexander V. Zotov ; Sergey V. Stefanovsky |
| Aqueous Dissolution of Pyrochlore and Zirconolite in F[superscript -]-Bearing Solutions / Zhaoming Zhang ; Huijun Li ; Eric R. Vance ; Terry McLeod ; Nicholas Scales |
| Glass Waste Forms |
| Application of the TSPA Glass Degradation Model to Non-Conforming Waste Forms / W.L. Ebert |
| Compositional Effects on the Long-Term Durability of Nuclear Waste Glasses: A Statistical Approach / Solange Ribet ; Isabelle S. Muller ; Ian L. Pegg ; Stephane Gin ; Pierre Frugier |
| Effect of Alpha Decay on Nuclear Borosilicate Glass Properties / Veronique Broudic ; Jean-Michel Bart |
| Crystallization Within Simulated High Level Waste Borosilicate Glass / Peter B. Rose ; Michael I. Ojovan ; Neil C. Hyatt ; William E. Lee |
| Long-Term Behavior of R7T7-Type Nuclear Glass: Current State of Knowledge and Outlook / S. Gin ; N. Godon ; I. Ribet ; P. Jollivet ; Y. Minet ; P. Frugier ; E. Vernaz ; J.M. Cavedon ; B. Bonin ; R. Do Quang |
| Corrosion Mechanisms of Low Level Vitrified Radioactive Waste in a Loamy Soil / M.I. Ojovan ; W.E. Lee ; A.S. Barinov ; N.V. Ojovan ; I.V. Startceva ; D.H. Bacon ; B.P. McGrail ; J.D. Vienna |
| Product Consistency Test of Fully Radioactive High-Sodium Content Borosilicate Glass K-26 |
| Uranium Redox States in Borosilicate Compositions / A.V. Trofimenko ; O.A. Iskhakova ; L.J. Jardine |
| Analytical STEM of Borosilicate Glasses Containing Molybdates / Rick J. Short ; Gunter Mobus ; Guang Yang ; Russell J. Hand ; Neil Hyatt |
| Radionuclide Solubility, Speciation, Colloid, Sorption, Diffusion, and Migration |
| Application of a Monte Carlo Approach to Surface Complexation Modeling / M.M. Askarieh ; T.G. Heath ; W.M. Tearle |
| Comparison of a Non Electrostatic Surface Complexation Model and Surface Phase Theories for Prediction of Future Sorption Properties / Allan T. Emren ; Anna-Maria Jacobsson |
| Study of Ni(II) Sorption on Chlorite--A Fracture Filling Mineral in Granites / A. Gustafsson ; M. Molera ; I. Puigdomenech |
| In Situ Diffusion Experiment in Sparsely Fractured Granite / Peter Vilks ; Neil H. Miller ; Mark Jense |
| Influence of the Near-Field Conditions on the Mobile Concentrations of Np and Tc Leached From Vitrified HLW / Vera Pirlet ; Karel Lemmens ; Pierre Van Iseghem |
| Diffusion of Iodine and Technetium-99 Through Waste Encasement Concrete and Unsaturated Soil Fill Material / Shas V. Mattigod ; Greg A. Whyatt ; J.R. Serne ; Marcus I. Wood |
| Field-Scale Migration of [superscript 99]Tc and [superscript 129]I at the Nevada Test Site / Qinhong Hu ; David K. Smith |
| Using Linear Free Energy Relationship to Predict the Stability Constants of Aqueous Complexes of Metal-Organic Ligands / Huifang Xu ; Yifeng Wang |
| A Novel Equation for Prediction of Intrinsic Sorption Constants of Metal Cations at Mineral-Water Interfaces |
| Estimated Effects of Temperature-Relative Humidity Variations on the Composition of In-Drift Water in the Potential Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada / Lauren Browning ; Randall Fedors ; Osvaldo Pensado ; Roberto Pabalan ; Chandrika Manepally ; Bret Leslie |
| Coprecipitation Experiments Using Simulated Spent Fuel Solutions in the Presence of Metallic Iron in Synthetic Bentonitic-Granitic Water Under Oxidizing Conditions |
| HTO Diffusion in Oxfordian Limestone and Callovo-Oxfordian Argillite Formations / M. Descostes ; V. Blin ; B. Grenut ; P. Meier ; E. Tevissen |
| Ab Initio Based Diffusive Studies of Plutonium With Relevance to Nuclear Waste Management / A.K. Setty |
| Solubility of Niobium(V) Under Cementitious Conditions: Importance of Ca-Niobate / Caterina Talerico ; Michael Ochs ; Eric Giffaut |
| Fundamental Experiments on Permeability Change of Flow-Path by Highly Alkaline Plume / Hideo Usui ; Yuichi Niibori ; Koichi Tanaka ; Osamu Tochiyama ; Hitoshi Mimura |
| Prediction of the Weathering Properties of Minerals Based on the Ion-Ion Interaction Potential / Slavica Raicevic ; Judith V. Wright ; Jasmina Vujic ; James L. Conca |
| Experimental Study of Colloid Interactions With Rock Surfaces / U. Alonso ; T. Missana ; A. Patelli ; J. Ravagnan ; V. Rigato |
| Dissolution Rate of Colloidal Silica in Highly Alkaline Solution / Taiji Chida |
| Experimental and Numerical Studies on Colloid-Enhanced Radionuclide Transport--The Effect of Kinetic Radionuclide Sorption Onto Colloidal Particles / Susumu Kurosawa ; Motomu Ibaraki ; Mikazu Yui ; Shinzo Ueta ; Hideki Yoshikawa |
| Enrichment of Uranium Inside Wood: A Natural Analog From a Sandstone-Hosted Roll-Type Uranium Ore Deposit / Maozhong Min ; Jia Zhen ; Xinjian Peng ; Jinping Wang ; Larry Barton |
| Effects of the Orientation of Clay Particles and Ionic Strength on Diffusion and Activation Enthalpies of I[superscript -] and Cs[superscript +] Ions in Compacted Bentonite / Haruo Sato |
| Migration Behavior of Ferrous Ions in Compacted Bentonite Under Reducing Conditions Using Electromigration / Kazuya Idemitsu ; Xiaobin Xia ; Yoshiro Kikuchi ; Yaohiro Inagaki ; Tatsumi Arima |
| Evaporative Evolution of Carbonate-Rich Brines From Synthetic Topopah Spring Tuff Pore Water, Yucca Mountain, NV / Mark Sutton ; Maureen Alai ; Susan Carroll |
| Determination of a Stability Potential-pO[superscript 2-] Diagram of Samarium in the Eutectic LiCl-KCl / G. Cordoba ; C. Caravaca ; J. Quinones |
| Performance Assessment |
| Performance Assessments of Geologic Repositories for High-Level Nuclear Waste: Are They Necessary or Sufficient? / Rodney C. Ewing |
| Building Stakeholder Confidence by Reducing the Gulf Between Experimental Data and Model Predictions in Assessments of Repository Performance / Kaye P. Hart |
| Measures of Geologic Isolation |
| Uncertainties in Geochemical Models of Natural Systems: Implications for Performance Assessments / Christopher S. Palenik ; Keld A. Jensen |
| Risk-Based Evaluation of Long-Term Safety for a Yucca Mountain Repository Using the IMARC TSPA Code / John Kessler ; Michael Apted ; Matthew Kozak ; Wei Zhou |
| Preferential Radionuclide Release Due to Alpha Decay: Effects on Repository Performance / David A. Pickett |
| Distributions of Concentration Limits for the Source Term in Performance Assessments / Steve Soldavini ; Colin M. Gallagher |
| Waste-, Tank-, and Site-Cleanup and Decommissioning |
| Site Decommissioning of AECL Whiteshell Laboratories / Grant W. Koroll |
| Material Analysis and Radioisotope Studies of Spent Nuclear Fuel Found in the Marine Environment / I.D. Baikie ; Frank Dennis ; Ron Crawford ; Massimo Scirea |
| Modeling of the Dounreay Recovered Spent Nuclear Fuel Database |
| Characterization of Chromium(III) Hydroxide Solids and Their Oxidation by Hydrogen Peroxide / Zhicheng Zhang ; Linfeng Rao ; Dhanpat Rai ; Sue B. Clark |
| Rapid Method for ICP-MS Analysis of Plutonium in Sediment Samples / Christina Greis ; Anders Duker ; Hakan Pettersson ; Stefan Karlsson ; Bert Allard |
| Separation of [superscript 137]Cs From Acidic Nuclear Waste Simulant via an Engineered Inorganic Ion Exchanger / T.J. Tranter ; T.A. Vereshchagina ; A.G. Anshits ; E. Fomenko ; N.V. Sapozhnikova |
| Geopolymers for the Immobilization of Radioactive Waste / D.S. Perera ; M.G. Blackford ; J.V. Hanna ; C.L. Nicholson |
| Author Index |
| Subject Index |
| Preface |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
| Container Studies |
| The Influence of Environmental Conditions and Passive Film Properties on the MIC of Engineered Barriers in the Yucca Mountain Repository / A.C. Llyod ; R.J. Schuler ; J.J. Noel ; D.W. Shoesmith |
| A Probabilistic Model for Degradation of the Engineered Barriers System in the Yucca Mountain Repository / Z. Qin |
| Conductivity Behavior of Salt Deposits on the Surface of Engineered Barrier Materials for the Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada / Lietai Yang ; Miriam R. Juckett ; Roberto T. Pabalan |
