The DOE plans to conduct the Plutonium Disposition Project at the Savannah River Site to disposition excess weapons-useable plutonium. A plutonium glass waste form is a leading candidate for immobilization of the plutonium for disposition in a geologic repository. The objectives of the project reviewed in this paper were to fabricate plutonium-loaded lanthanide borosilicate Frit B glass and perform testing to provide near-term data.

Citation: Crawford, C., Marra, J., Bibler, N. "Glass Fabrication and Product Consistency Testing of Lanthanide Borosilicate Glass for Plutonium Disposition." Journal of Alloys and Compounds (12 February 2007).

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