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Interface Science and Particulate Waste Immobilisation
Author:	Biggs, Simon
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This article describes the work of the waste group which is addressing issues associated with efficient and safe ILW treatment through a fundamental series of research projects which tackle current needs such as: • waste handling, potentially leading to accelerated processing, smaller final volumes and lower worker doses; • wasteform performance because, even if not essential to limit radiological impact, a robust and durable wasteform, which retains contaminants for significant periods of time, will enhance public confidence and limit objection; • the flexibility of wasteforms, leading to accommodation of greater waste loadings (and hence to reduced final volumes) and to improved retention of those isotopes which typically give rise to the highest impacts calculated in performance assessment (PA). The work being undertaken in this programme is generic and the knowledge can be used directly on near-term legacy waste issues but it should also facilitate the development of relevant information for longer-term waste issues (when those wastes become better defined).

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