| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Seaborg Institutes: Emerging Topics in Actinide Materials and Science
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| Presentation Title |
Developing Waste Forms for the Transuranic Elements |
| Author(s) |
Travis Deason, Gregory Morrison, Hunter Tisdale, Amir Mofrad, Jake Amoroso, David DiPrete, Theodore Besmann, Gary Was, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Travis Deason |
| Abstract Scope |
The synthesis of new transuranic extended structures is vital in the search for potential new waste-form materials but is limited by the few labs equipped to handle highly radioactive material. This talk highlights a research approach used to discover new transuranic compounds through collaboration between the university and the national lab. At the university, surrogates are used on a larger scale (~0.5g), and then scaled down to confirm the efficacy at the range used for transuranic reactions (~5mg) before attempting to incorporate transuranics at the national lab. This talk will describe the synthesis and characterization of the recently published series of quaternary Np (IV) fluorides of the type NaxMNp6F30 made using a mild hydrothermal technique. The resources and experience gained from employing this approach is now being extended to new barium phases. This collaboration creates a synergy that accelerates research on transuranic materials and will undoubtably benefit waste remediation efforts. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, |