NEUP CINR-21-24439: Development of Novel Corrosion-Responsive Buffer Materials for Long-Term Immobilization of High-Level Nuclear Waste

The goal of this project is to develop a novel cementitious buffer material (CBM) for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The primary aim is to identify and characterize novel Mg-Al-P CBMs, complete with assessments of their repository stability as well as their transport and immobilization of radionuclides. The secondary aim is to use in-situ UT-EIS monitoring to understand the corrosive failure at the canister-CBM interface and provide long-term performance modeling of SNF packages.

Additional Info

Field	Value
Awarded Institution	Pennsylvania State University
PI	Juan Pablo Gevaudan