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A new irradiation effect and its implications for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 26, 1980
Abstract:
Materials containing alkali metals or alkaline earths are sensitized by bombardment with either ions, electrons, or photons to chemical attack by atmospheric moisture. The implications of this effect on the proposed immobilization and long-term storage of high-level nuclear waste in glass or similar materials is discussed.