Radioactive Waste Storage Materials: Their α-Recoil Aging
- 26 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 209 (4464) , 1518-1520
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.209.4464.1518
Abstract
Ion implantation experiments suggest that the accumulation of α-recoil damage in radioactive waste storage materials, which behave like solid-state track detectors, plays a drastic role in their long-term degradation. The understanding of α-recoil "aging," overlooked in earlier studies, offers new guidelines for improving waste storage conditions.Keywords
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