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The radiation resistance of the phase (Gd,Cm)2Sn2O7 with a pyrochlore-type structure containing 3.0 wt % 244Cm was studied. It was established that amorphization occurs at a dose of 1019 α-decay/g (1.52 displacements per atom), which is 2–5 times higher than that needed for amorphization of titanate and titanate–zirconate pyrochlore phases with a similar structure. The heating of the amorphous ceramics restores the structure of the pyrochlore. The restoration process begins in the temperature interval of 600–700°C. This allows us to estimate the critical amorphization temperature as 650°C. On the 14th day, the rate of Cm leaching from the initial sample in water at 90°C is 10–1; Gd, 10–2; and Sn, 10–3 g/(m2 day). After amorphization the leaching rate increases by an order of magnitude (Cm) and two orders of magnitude (Gd), but it does not change for Sn. Compared to the zirconate and titanate–zirconate phases, stannate pyrochlore is markedly less resistant in water and cannot be regarded as a matrix for the immobilization of REE-actinide fraction wastes.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Yudintsev, S.V. Tomilin, T.S. Livshits, A.A. Lizin, I.A. Goryatchev, 2016, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2016, Vol. 469, No. 2, pp. 219–223.
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Yudintsev, S.V., Tomilin, S.V., Livshits, T.S. et al. Curium-doped stannate pyrochlore: Durability under radiation and leaching in water. Dokl. Earth Sc. 469, 732–736 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X16070187
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